New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

A newly discovered Neanderthal site on Portugal’s Algarve coast has revealed the first fossilized footprints of these ancient humans in the region. A new international study published in Scientific ...

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In 1975, a skinny Hampshire College kid making his first movie, a documentary about rural life in the early 1800s, hauled his ...

A global team of scientists have created the first and most comprehensive mammalian 'developmental' brain cell atlases to ...

Chloe Zhao and Kore-eda Hirokazu bonded over tears in Tokyo, discussing creative uncertainty, finding film endings on set, ...

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates, according to researchers.

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. human rights chief said Friday that U.S. military strikes against boats in the Caribbean Sea and ...

This video explores the discovery of fire and how it transformed early human society, from cooking to protection against ...

Kingsnorth says this explicitly in his new book, Against the Machine. One of his concluding chapters is titled "Against ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Understanding what the environment looked like millions of years ago is essential for piecing together how our earliest ...