The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Research led by the Universidad de Burgos has uncovered evidence suggesting Neanderthals engaged in collecting activities ...

Research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution introduces a novel method for inferring DNA methylation patterns in ...

Mention the word “fossils” to people and most will probably think of bones. Of course, body fossils make up a large part of ...

From the present, human perspective, it’s not hard to understand the value of fingernails: We might use our upper nails to ...

Another year of wildfires, heat, hurricanes and floods linked to human-made climate change has raised the stakes about who should pay for the damage. Are fossil fuel companies contributing?

It troubles me deeply to hear about the massive wave of extinctions that scientists predict is coming if we don’t address the ...

Global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning fossil fuels are set to be the highest on record in 2024, claims a new ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Under different circumstances, you might expect to see someone like Gubad Ibadoghlu speaking at a United Nations conference on climate change. But as the world leaders gather at COP29 in Baku, ...