Explore five fascinating extinct human species that once walked the Earth beside Homo sapiens, from Neanderthals to the ...

Homo sapiens may rule the world today, but things haven't always been that simple — and we're far from the only humans to ...

In the 1997 action film "Dante's Peak," Pierce Brosnan plays the role of a volcanologist sent to investigate seismic activity ...

Researchers have reexaminated a mammoth ivory boomerang that was discovered in Obłazowa cave in Poland in 1985.

People with Chiari malformations have a skull shape similar to Neanderthals, suggesting that the condition may be caused by ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

If the world feels out of control, dystopian, or even apocalyptic, it's possible to change course. The fate of the human ...

The small-bodied hominin, named Homo luzonensis, lived on the island of Luzon at least 50,000 to 67,000 years ago. The hominin—identified from a total of seven teeth and six small bones—hosts ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

And perhaps of the world – dates back to over 42,000 years ago. Carved by a mammoth zanna and 70 cm long, it was found in the ...

Crystal Structure of Homo-DNA and Nature's Choice of Pentose over Hexose in the Genetic System Martin Egli , Pradeep S. Pallan , Rekha Pattanayek , Christopher J. Wilds , Paolo Lubini , George Minasov ...