Researchers Categorize New Human Species After Fossils Found in China Reveal a Group That Vanished 50,000 Years Ago Extensive ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

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Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

A local fossil hunter found animal vomit at a Danish geological site that is believed to be 66 million years old.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Researchers have found evidence that early humans arrived in Europe half a million years earlier than previously thought at a ...

While this method has been widely used to study the diets of modern animals and humans, it was previously limited to fossils ...

A marine animal snacked on some sea lilies that did not agree with its stomach—and we now know what happened next ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

Humans have become a geologic force by cooking the planet — using fire on a scale that is altering land, water, air and ...