Mexico has detected its first human case of H5N1 avian influenza, also known as bird flu, the health ministry said on Friday.

According to genomic analyses, the Takarkori rock shelter women came from a unique North African lineage that diverged from ...

The world’s top health experts are raising the alarm about the risk of fur farms, wet markets, and illegal wildlife trade as ...

The oldest-known human bones in Europe were just discovered in a cave in Bulgaria. The cave also contained ancient tools ...

A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists ...

The first four humans to orbit Earth’s poles are sharing their experiences from their historic mission. In a discussion with ...

The enormous stone structure, complete with angular steps and flat terraces, looks uncannily like the ruins of a man-made temple — despite being over 10,000 years old.

Our team took DNA from a 13,000-year-old tooth and a 72,000-year-old skull and made healthy dire wolf puppies,” said Colossal ...

On Sunday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with the families of two girls who had died from measles in West Texas—and raised doubts ...

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range of environments ...