A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

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

The first humans didn’t walk into cities or civilizations—they faced shifting climates, fierce predators, and raw survival. This is the world our earliest ancestors called home. 'Robbing them': ...

Fossilized bones and teeth dating to 773,000 years ago are providing a deeper understanding of the emergence of Homo sapiens.

More than two decades ago, scientists digging in Central Africa unearthed the 7-million-year-old remains of what may be one of the earliest known human ancestors. Only a few fossils were recovered ...

Known as dinosaur stars for both their primeval nature and their immense size, Population III stars existed only when the ...

The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small bump on the front of the thigh bone ...

Relief of Osiris from the Temple of Seti I, Abydos, Egypt. According to Egyptian mythology, Egypt’s first king Osiris sailed around the world spreading knowledge, exactly like the Feathered Serpent ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments over laws passed by more than half the states to bar transgender girls and women from ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed the ancient genomes of human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from archaeological human remains more than two millennia old. The study, led by the ...

Like any modern media star, Tony Dokoupil, the incoming anchor of the "CBS Evening News," has taken to social media to engage with his followers and, not for nothing, to increase awareness that he's ...