Caged in enclosures in Madrid's Retiro Park, they were described as 'strange', 'disfigured', 'brutal' and 'subhuman'.

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Life may have emerged from a surprisingly simple network of chemical reactions long before cells or genes existed.

The transition from simple chemistry to the complex biology of molecules that gave rise to life is a puzzle that scientists ...

From domestication to art, here’s a look at 14 fascinating things humans were up to 10,000 years ago. The domestication of ...

A new study suggests that the people who reach the pinnacle of their fields typically dabbled in multiple disciplines when ...

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Researchers are striving to understand the impact a phenomenon known as original antigenic sin has on immunity to the virus.

After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...