For much of the 20th century, Neanderthals were cast as primitive hunters—robust, spear-wielding hominins whose survival ...

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows u ...

A microorganism whose evolutionary roots can be traced to the era of the first multicellular animals may provide a glimpse of how single-celled organisms made a critical evolutionary leap. In ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

Many scientists call Jupiter the architect of the solar system because its immense gravity influenced the orbits of other ...