A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

More than a million years ago, early human relatives crossed an enormous sea to reach the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The ...

The curious minds at ColdFusion reveal ten devices that changed human history forever. These devices highlight the ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...

The 'phantom time' conspiracy theory claims we're missing 300 years of human history and we're actually living in the 1700s ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Human flexibility in shoulders and elbows originated from ancient apes' need for safe tree descent. A new study reveals chimpanzees, unlike monkeys, ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

EctoLife’s concept facility imagines rows of artificial wombs capable of growing thousands of babies at once. ‘Not Constitutional’: Trump Threatens Blue Slip Suit ...

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...