In the Halo universe, the biggest threat is an alien hegemony called the Covenant. Who are they and what do they want?

All were united in the ardent worship of what remained of the ancient ... the Halo rings, but the joint UNSC and Sangheili forces broke through the Covenant's defenses alongside the Flood-infected ...

But the details of that evolutionary history have remained unclear. How often did ancient humans and Neanderthals interbreed? Exactly when did that happen? Why did Neanderthals go extinct ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by National Museum, Prague shows the skull of an ancient human called Zlatý kůň ...

Many people have a tiny slice of Neanderthal DNA, evidence of interbreeding between the species and ancient human ancestors. Two new studies suggest that interbreeding occurred during a limited ...

But the details of that evolutionary history have remained unclear. How often did ancient humans and Neanderthals interbreed? Exactly when did that happen? Why did Neanderthals go extinct, and why did ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period ...

While powerful figures tend to take up the most space in our history books, the vast majority of people in the ancient world were regular working class folks, and most people's lives revolved ...

indicating humans were just thirsty. A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say. The seven footprints ...

So, how did we get from there to here? An ancient human is identified not by a single moment in evolution, as this process is too gradual to pinpoint when exactly we became "human." We all share a ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have proposed a new form of ancient humans. The Juluren, or “large head ...