A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

US President Trump paid tribute to boxing legend George Foreman, who passed away at 76. Foreman, a two-time heavyweight champion, is best remembered for his fights with Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.

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Italy is often thought of as a political laboratory, anticipating events in other countries: fascism in the 1920s; the showman-businessman turned politician in the 1990s; populism in the 2010s. Great ...

Early hominids were beginning to evolve and spread across the planet. While humans did not directly impact the Megalodon, the changing dynamics of prey populations and ecosystems could have had ...