When considering the unnamed major features of all the moons, asteroids, and comets in our solar system, there are still a ...

Recently, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved a new naming scheme for the features on the asteroid designated as Donald Johanson, which is the primary target of NASA's "Lucy" mission.

Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside ...

Recent discoveries of fossils have provided evidence suggesting intelligent tool use among pre-human species. This ...

Sep. 11, 2025 — Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early ...

July 11, 2025 — Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading ...

Left molars from the Ledi-Geraru specimen (left) and a specimen from Hadar, another fossil site in Ethiopia (right). “LD 760 molars compared to A. afarensis.” by  Villmoare et al. from Nature ...

Bipedal locomotion — walking upright on two legs — is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind’s success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the human ...