The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

Thousands watched on as Pope Leo led his first Christmas mass at St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Leo XIV held the first Christmas ...

Discoveries ranging from the oldest known example of human mummification to first deliberate use of fire by people were made ...

From Nordic lullabies to Grimm’s fairytales, the wolf has always haunted the edges of human history. Even today, wolves would ...

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In the wake of Neteyam’s death, Neytiri is fairly distraught. Her oldest son is dead, and a human boy, Spider, the spawn of ...

A new study reveals a new species of Pinocchio chameleon based on DNA and museum specimens, a process called museomics.

WASHINGTON — From religious leaders and politicians to activists and scientists, the world said goodbye to a number of ...

Humanity has sent into space everything from lightsabers and Tesla Roadsters to golden records and entire digital genetic ...

Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.

One of the most detailed 3D maps of how the human chromosomes are organized and folded within a cell's nucleus is published ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...