Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Note: The project page for this work includes 33 autoplaying high-res videos totaling half a gigabyte, which destabilized my ...

The researchers managed to extract DNA from the teeth and bones from two of the burials. They found that as humans migrated ...

Analysis - The ancestors of humans started making tools about 3.3 million years ago. First they made them out of stone, then ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

As I write, hundreds of ancient human remains are secretly being buried in a remote desert 1,000km from Sydney (New South ...

Oldest Human Skeleton Found in Thailand Awes Archaeologists, Nicknamed PangPond After Popular Cartoon Character For decades, Thailand’s prehistory remained a puzzle, with archaeologists unraveling ...

Deep-sea fish adapt to some of the most extreme conditions on Earth. New research analyzing their evolution finds the same ...

Divided into four sections, visitors can follow the timeline to explore the themes of human origins, ancient ecosystems, ...

El Niño, a climate troublemaker, has long been one of the largest drivers of variability in the global climate. Every few ...