What can indentations in the ground from ages ago tell us about our early ancestors? A lot, it turns out. In January, an international team of scientists from Morocco, France, Germany and Spain published details of a fascinating discovery: a set of well-preserved human footprints believed to be 100,000 years old. The footprints are thought to be from a group of five individuals and were found on a...

Hundreds of thousands of supporters of presidential contenders pack rallies in capital Jakarta and other cities. Tens of thousands of supporters of Indonesia’s presidential candidates have poured onto its streets as they hold final campaigns before heading to the polls in the world’s biggest single-day election. The contenders to lead the world’s third-largest democracy are popular former governors, Ganjar Pranowo and Anies Baswedan, and ex-special forces commander Prabowo...