Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Did Homo sapiens and Neanderthals share the same habitat for a long period of time? Excavations by a French research team at ...

Through 15 years of archaeological research, scientists from the Ateneo de Manila University, working with international ...

Newly found fossils show that those rivers were home to fish, turtles, river sharks, and even hippos. On land, elephants, ...

A new study comparing humans with other primates and rodents suggests that fur loss millions of years ago slowed the healing ...

Maba 1 also suffered trauma before death, but the specific cause of the trauma remains unknown.

The age-old tale of Adam and Eve's divine creation could be up for debate, as experts question the true origins of humanity ...

Washington's pollinators are critical to our state’s agriculture and can sometimes be used to help degraded ecosystems.

Most people would call it a "field mouse," but a scientist would ask, "Was it Peromyscus maniculatus? Or Peromyscus leucopus?

Due to their size and abundance, these creatures shaped the ecosystems in which they lived – but today all are nearly gone ...