A well-preserved human skeleton that scientists recently excavated in Vietnam dates back about 12,000 years ago to the Ice Age and contains the oldest human mitochondrial DNA found in the region. It ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged to an ancestor of the Denisovans and “Dragon Man.” ...

From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human body.

A new species of predatory dinosaur has been described from fossils found in South America, and to say they are intimidating is an understatement. With a thumb claw that makes the human hand look puny ...

And now to *** dig into Florida's past. 100 years after the remains of humans and tigers were found, there's now another dig happening near the Vero Beach airport. Randy Gyllenhaal has the story. Well ...