Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Tech billionaires are betting their fortunes on living longer — and the science is getting us closer. Claire Cohen reports ...

Research led by Institut de Paléontologie Humaine is providing a finite minimum age for a nearly complete cranium from ...

Ethiopian fossils uncover new species in human lineage as researchers discover Australopithecus teeth coexisting with early ...

Eventually, the villager spotted something unexpected—the nearly complete cranium of an unknown, ancient hominin protruding ...

Dental remains dating back 300,000 years, which were discovered at a well-known Chinese archaeological site, have revealed ...

It was the telegram exchange that sparked an identity crisis for humankind. In 1960 a young Jane Goodall working in a remote ...

The flower may smell like death, but it pales in comparison to the intellectual decay we’re witnessing,' says Ghazally Ismail.

From Ethiopia comes an incredible discovery—early humans seem to have potentially lived alongside the very apes they evolved ...

The skeleton, belonging to a five-year-old child found 90 years ago in Israel’s Skhul Cave, dates back about 140,000 years. Researchers say the discovery is the first physical proof that the two ...

Shamahi, host of NOVA's ambitious five-part series, Human, which captures Homo Sapiens' 300,000 year journey from underdog to ...

Once days take on the golden shade that suggests autumn’s approach, those transcontinental travelers need to get their affairs in order. This homo sapien traveler suggests planned stops during their ...