Faces are a huge part of human identity. Researchers have found multiple human remains across decades, which showcase how ...

Explore the Sterkfontein caves in South Africa, home to ancient human ancestors and groundbreaking scientific discoveries.

Nearby, visitors marvelled at the weathered limestone rocks hanging from the ceiling of the caves, millions of years old.

Have you ever wondered why our ears look the way they do? That soft, curved shape we rarely think twice about might actually ...

Under the banner of, “Our Power. Our Planet”, EARTHDAY.ORG, the global organizer of Earth Day, is calling on people to join ...

Through an examination of remaining proteins left, scientists managed to determine that it was a rare example of a Denisovan ...

Scientific American talked with Gabbott and Zalasiewicz, authors of the book Discarded: How Technofossils Will Be Our ...

Tiny detail on animal bone changes what we know about our human ancestors - The first evidence that hominins butchered ...

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

The much-publicized introduction of genetically modified cubs that share features of extinct dire wolves sparked claims ...

The private company Colossal Biosciences claims to have resurrected dire wolves through genetic editing. The resulting trio, ...