Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

For millennia, humans lived as hunter-gatherers. Savannas and forests are often thought of as the cradle of our lineage, but ...

Miami Beach police say a Tuesday traffic stop outside of a Normandy Isle motel led to the arrest of a human trafficker known ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

Child sacrifice was thought to be rare in their culture. This chilling discovery suggests foreign invaders played a role.

For the first time, scientists have built a detailed, interactive map of a human cell, revealing how thousands of proteins ...

During a brief but dramatic chapter in Earth's history about 41,000 years ago, the planet’s magnetic field nearly collapsed.

Health officials in Hood River County, Ore., are investigating three cases of Creutzfeld Jakob disease. Two have died and a ...

For over a century, the colossal squid has been one of the deep sea’s most slippery enigmas. Known mostly through bits and ...

The Trump administration’s campaign to remove millions of people from the United States could soon be supercharged by ...

While the true location remains a mystery, these theories highlight how ancient texts and modern science continue to ...

In the darkness of the South Atlantic Ocean, researchers captured for the first time footage of a live colossal squid ( ...