Over the last century of cinematic sci-fi, movies like Planet of the Apes and The Thing have produced some of the most ...

In paleoanthropology, a rare, nearly-complete skeleton can rewrite entire chapters of the human origin story. The “Little ...

Engineers have turned one of nature’s most reviled body parts into a precision tool, using the hollow feeding tubes of dead ...

Misinformation is usually framed as a uniquely human failing, a byproduct of social media feeds, partisan politics, and click ...

A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

From advancements in male birth control to the science of supplements, Scientific American highlights some of the most ...

Over a century ago, anthropologist Raymond Dart chipped an ancient skull out of some rock from an ancient quarry — and revealed the face of an ancient human relative.

For decades, the appendix has been dismissed as a useless organ — a leftover from human evolution with no real function.

With nearly 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, these tiny creatures seem unstoppable. A new study reveals how weakness, thin ...

Jeremy Pauley is fixture in the online oddities trade, known for binding books in human skin and preserving fetal remains. He ...

The textbook version of the "Out of Africa" hypothesis holds that the first human species to leave the continent around 1.8 ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.