When humans first reared our heads out of that one tree in Sub-Saharan Africa, we only had one thing on our collective mind – ...

These ancient humans were once thought to be a distinct species, but were later recognized as practically indistinguishable ...

With millions of mice and rats in US labs alone, scientists can learn a lot of information from their scurrying test subjects. These animals may be small, but their contribution to current research is ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about Suyanggae, South Korea, an archaeological zone with ...

The fossils proved to be from a previously unknown human ancestor—one that branched off from anatomically modern humans and Neanderthals about 1 million years ago. According to the study announcing ...

Archeologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts admits that explaining life on Earth in one evening is “a bit ambitious”.

This article reports a useful set of findings on how electrophysiological response properties of neurons correlate with their position in the brain. The evidence currently remains incomplete, with ...

He painted them throughout his life, from early watercolours and illustrations to the transcendent oil paintings of his later ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...