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.

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 ...

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal announced on Saturday a personal investment of $25 million to launch Continue Research, a ...

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 ...

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, ...

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

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

Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than previously believed. These new findings bridge the gap between early ape-like ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...