A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

People often consider evolution to be a process that occurs in nature in the background of human society. But evolution is ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

The law books record it as State of Tennessee v. John T. Scopes. History remembers it as the “ Monkey Trial .” The case ...

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

The history of the gumball machine is rooted further back than you might expect, and it hit a surprising snag during ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

New research explains how scalp hair grows so long, and how its characteristics helped us thrive.

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.