More than a century ago, a skull was pulled from a riverbank in northeastern China. For decades, it sat hidden in a well—forgotten, unknown. The man who found it feared it would fall into the wrong ...

Did a Neanderthal Who Lived 43,000 Years Ago Paint a Red Nose on a Rock That Looked Like a Face? Researchers theorize that an adult male dipped his finger in red ocher and intentionally used the ...