Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...

The famous early human is still providing lessons to anthropologists about prehistoric Earth and its inhabitants ...

It is a triumph that most of the 8 billion humans alive today are living relatively happily and, thanks to modern medicine, ...

Herodotus' theory on Armenian origins is being challenged, as DNA analysis reveals a more complex and scientifically grounded ...

Ms Calandrelli was one of six space “tourists” on the ninth human test flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepherd spacecraft. While ...

Recent research has led to new conclusions about the origin of writing with important new understanding on human cognitive ...

Summary: Great apes track events involving agents and patients, like humans, suggesting shared cognitive mechanisms. When watching video clips, apes alternated their gaze between agents (e.g., a cat) ...

The story of communism is one of the greatest tragedies in modern history. The movement grew, above all, out of horror at the ...

Stunning Discovery of ‘Lucy’ Fossil Revealed Humans Were Walking On Feet 3.2 Million Years Ago Experts find human evolution a ...

The discovery of a finger bone in a cave in Siberia some 15 years ago kicked off a race to unravel the mysteries of an ...

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence? Plenty of thinkers have ...

In 1865, Hungarian obstetrician-researcher Ignaz Semmelweis died in an asylum after being ridiculed and rejected by his peers ...