Two prehistoric genomes have revealed the history of HPV and challenged the idea that Neanderthals first transmitted the ...

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

A proposal to ensure crime victims are not forced to deliver impact statements to an empty courtroom chair advanced ...

A tiny bird figurine discovered in a refuse heap in the Henan province of China is changing what historians thought they knew ...

The Trump administration is using a years-old scandal first prosecuted under the Biden administration to justify its ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

​​Rivers may seem as old as the hills, but they have life cycles just like other natural features do. Many grow and make ...

Kellenberger, who spent 41 years teaching middle school in Carson City, Mich., said she’d dreamed of hiking the 14-state ...

A team of scholars identified the oldest intentional human cremation, dramatically expanding what archaeologists know about early hunter-gatherer practices.

David Oshins, who lost his wife last year, expected one granddaughter over for his birthday dinner. More followed.

A modern analysis of 7-million-year-old remains suggest this mysterious ancient primate is the oldest human ancestor ever found.

An ancient cremation would have been a community spectacle in a place returned to and reignited over many generations. What ...