Researchers have unearthed near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya fossils of hand and foot bones belonging to an extinct human ...

After comparing shapes, depths, and pressure patterns, this study found that two different hominin species left footprints in ...

The world we share with countless species is growing smaller, and for some, it’s already too late. Over the past century, ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

A 12-year-old’s fossilized jawbone found in the Hualongdong region of China may belong to an entirely new human species.

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

Uranium dating places the age of the Petralona skull at 300,000 years, revealing a human lineage distinct from Neanderthals ...

A 12-year-old’s fossilized jawbone found in the Hualongdong region of China may belong to an entirely new human species. Blending features of Homo sapiens and Denisovans, the specimen suggests modern ...

The founder of the OpenAI-backed company said a science fiction-like future, where robots can reproduce and colonize the ...

"The pace of change we’re seeing today is unlike anything we know of in the past 66 million years," said ecologist Jack ...