Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

Carbon dating of teeth fragments found in Brazil reveals that some species persisted for thousands of years longer than ...

As emergency rooms see more patients with respiratory complications, hospitals are being asked to test for possible bird flu in humans.

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move ...

We live in a changed world. As I keep reminding you, it is not just the politics of the world that has changed; business and ...

Since the first farmers tilled the soil more than 10,000 years ago, the plow has been the essential tool of human survival.

The rapid improvement of AI technology has been accompanied by dire warnings that AI could soon automate away millions of ...

Opinion: When the American public elected a man who called climate change a hoax, a man who pulled our country out of the ...

Neanderthals clung onto existence in Eurasia until roughly 40,000 years ago, yet new research suggests that their numbers declined drastically around 70,000 years prior to their eventual extinction.

The findings could someday help identify and treat speech-related problems, researchers said. View on euronews ...

Some were the size of a dog. Others were as large as polar bears. A newly-discovered fossil of the ferocious hyaenodont is ...

"We're arguing that intelligent life may not require a series of lucky breaks to exist," said lead author Dan Mills of the ...