"The third countries that have received or been about to receive third-country deportees so far—El Salvador, Libya, South ...

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A uniquely preserved prehistoric mudhole could hold the oldest-ever human footprints on the Arabian Peninsula, scientists say ...

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New study uses DNA evidence to challenge claims that humans arrived in Sahul 65,000 years ago, pointing to a later migration ...

BlueCorridors.org has an interactive global map that pinpoints the issues specific whale species face around the world.

This was a crucial moment in our evolutionary history, but it also marked a significant change in our relationship to ...

Ancient DNA from prehistoric bones reveals a 37,000-year timeline of human infections, tracing our long struggle with disease.

For centuries, we’ve imagined Neanderthals as distant cousins — a separate species that vanished long ago. But thanks to ...

By analyzing ancient DNA, scientists determined when, where and how our ancestors got sick from infectious diseases.

Carl Zimmer writes about the results of a new genetic study of humans and the diseases that afflicted us over the past 37,000 year ...