Early humans of Homo juluensis had a large head shape, with measurements notably larger than those of Neanderthals and Homo ...

It was already pretty hot by the time Donald Johanson and his graduate student, Tom Gray, arrived at the site at Hadar, ...

Scientists have linked a fossilized elephant skull from Kashmir with another from Turkmenistan, identifying them as a distinct species of Palaeoloxodon. These findings could fill gaps in the ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Before he had millions of flesh-eating beetles, Ron Sheldon's taste in insects was more conventional. "I've always been a bee person. I grew up with bees," said Sheldon, a native of northern ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Growing up in the Hudson Valley, the holidays have a certain feeling for me that I haven’t found in other regions of the ...

Scientists studied a three-week-old saber-toothed cub dating back 35,000 that had been left almost perfectly intact, thanks ...

During the Jurassic period, birds were small and feathered dinosaurs, and Navornis hestiae was a spectacular find filling in ...

New research reveals that the sounds from the mysterious Aztec death whistle has an "aversive" and "scary" impact on the ...

Great Abaco Island has a blue hole, Sawmill Sink, filled with fossils from the Ice Age showing the island's ancient history.

It sounds like a scream from the depths of the underworld. It’s a haunting, ear-piercing shriek that stirs something primal ...