A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

Most closely related to dugongs, it was discovered in 1741 by biologist Georg Wilhelm Steller, after the expedition to North ...

This video revealed how Homo sapiens once lived in constant fear of a stronger, faster, more ruthless human species. It explained how Neanderthals dominated the ancient world, hunting our ancestors ...

The millions of species humans share the world with are valuable in their own right. When one species is lost, it has a ...

Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died ...

Stone tools discovered decades ago in a Polish cave have been reexamined using modern methods, revealing an age far older than previously believed. Dated to between 450,000 and 550,000 years ago, the ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...

A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes ...

The tragic news of the loss of the world's last remaining northern white rhino begs the question: Can it be brought back?

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...