It’s hard to imagine that some creatures on Earth have survived for millions of years. While many species have come and gone, ...

A group of scientists have discovered the jaw bone of an ancient human species that lived about 1.4 million years ago. The ...

Among technologists who build digital tools or programs, it is increasingly common to use AI as part of design and development processes. But as deep learning models flex their technical muscles more ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains. This carnivorous origin story has become so entrenched that few questioned it: our ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

New simulations reveal that the climate, atmospheric chemistry and even global photosynthesis would be dramatically disrupted by an asteroid collision ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Just as physical therapists help maintain overall physical fitness, neurologists have developed strategies to nurture brain ...

Until now, at least 14 different species have been assigned to the genus Homo since it emerged in Ethiopia some 2.8 million ...

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...