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It may seem unusual to think of chimpanzees as doctors, but they more closely resemble human healers than you may expect.

The bold question-askers at What If examine a scientific theory suggesting aliens might be evolved human descendants.

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Paranthropus had distinctive traits that make them a key part of our evolutionary story. This video explains their significance and what scientists have uncovered about them.

A tweet featuring photos of Kristi Noem and a female guard at Auschwitz is going viral on social media, along with a claim ...

Human infants receive up to 400 times more direct vocal communication than baby bonobos and nearly 70 times more than baby ...

Island's famous moai statues are crumbling into the sea, forcing locals to face urgent decisions about how best to protect their heritage.

Archaeologists have discovered ancient monumental structures in the Peruvian Andes.

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science ...

Earwax might seem like an unlikely source of ancestral information, but this small substance holds genuine clues to your ...

Researchers recreated a 30,000-year-old ocean journey from Taiwan to Japan using canoes and simulations to test early human ...