A handful of stone tools found on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has pushed back the date that human relatives arrived in ...

A human species arrived on the island of Sulawesi in southeast Asia more than 800,000 years earlier than previously known.

Scientists researching in the Galapagos Islands found thriving colonies of a coral long thought to be extinct. According ...

DVUR KRALOVE, Czech Republic (AP) — Four Barbary lion cubs were born recently in a Czech zoo, a vital contribution for a ...

A newly published study has found that males of some of our earliest known ancestors were significantly larger than females.

Remains of an extinct species of Bronze Age cattle have been discovered by archaeologists in a cave in the Yorkshire Dales.

Because their relative isolation encourages speciation, oceanic islands are hotspots of biodiversity. Yet their relatively ...

Deep in the Rising Star Cave system lies a mystery of paleoanthropology. Deep in the Rising Star Cave system lies a mystery of paleoanthropology: a chamber filled with the bones of Homo naledi ...

A new Dartmouth-led study reveals that hominins began eating carbohydrate-rich foods long before their teeth evolved to ...

Tui's work spotlights the surprising ways that human-animal partnerships can advance conservation. While new technology, such ...

The findings also suggest that around 813,000 years ago, more hospitable climates may have been a big part of what allowed human populations to skyrocket once more.