Using a novel method, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers map 16 types of simultaneous changes in dozens of samples; ...

In the last decade, archaeologists have learned to read the genetic traces that ancient humans and Neanderthals left not only ...

Tap dancing birds, shuffling spiders, and wiggling honeybees; dancing is not just a human phenomenon. Many types of animals ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

The human brain is a fascinating and complex organ that supports numerous sophisticated behaviors and abilities that are ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

We swat them, ignore them and hoover them up but the smallest creatures around us are helping forensic scientists uncover ...

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...

A new study shows scientists are discovering new species faster than ever, revealing Earth still holds vast unknown ...