New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Small fossils show mammals moved to the ground before the dinosaurs vanished. New plants changed habitats, giving better food ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

ULAANBAATAR: A previously unknown species of ancient mammal that lived alongside dinosaurs during the Cretaceous period, ...

Touch heals both ways. As hands soothe tense muscles, the therapist’s brain lights up—mirror neurons fire, empathy deepens, ...

Complex neural circuits likely arose independently in birds and mammals, suggesting that vertebrates evolved intelligence ...

The research, published in the National Science Review, details the discovery of Sinosauropteryx lingyuanensis, a new species ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more sophisticated ones.

An ancient Norwegian sailing ship is surfing the oceans once again now in the name of cutting edge climate science. Kongsberg ...

Indeed, the earliest mammal we are currently aware of is the Brasilodon quadrangularis – a diminutive critter described as ...