Evidence that modern humans and an older hominin species used the same cave, probably during overlapping periods, has been ...

Human activity has accelerated extinction rates, raising concerns that we may be entering a sixth mass extinction.

Whether it was a global pandemic, a planet-wide volcanic event or a gigantic space rock, we reached the end of the line for ...

Discover evidence of ancient hominins coexisting with early humans in Indonesia 200,000 years ago. A groundbreaking find for ...

There are few things more joyful, if occasionally nerve-wracking, than having a pet in your home. And plenty of people agree.

Since the turn of the millennium, our understanding of our ancestors and extended cousins has shifted dramatically, thanks to ...

More than 14,000 years ago, a wolf pup ate a piece of woolly rhino. Scientists have analyzed the rhino's DNA to figure out ...

Deep cave layers on Sulawesi preserve tools, bones, and art that may show modern humans overlapping with earlier hominins.

Crucially, the cub also lived around the time the woolly rhino went extinct, giving researchers a rare genetic snapshot from ...

A new study led by researchers at the University of Oxford has shown that the shape and orientation of coastlines ...

Scientists prepared a high-quality sequence of the giant mammal’s genome based on a specimen preserved in Siberian permafrost.

Little is known about why the woolly rhinoceros went extinct around 14,000 years ago. Scientists have found clues in an unusual source: the frozen remains of an ice age wolf.