On a small Indonesian island, a tiny human species once thrived in caves above a lush river valley, only to vanish as the ...

“Experts have long debated the date that humans arrived in Australia,” said LiveScience. Now a study using DNA from both ancient and modern Aboriginal people across Oceania may have finally “settled ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

New fossil evidence from China points to a possible new branch of humanity—Homo juluensis. Combining primitive traits with surprisingly modern features, this species could bridge the gap between Homo ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

A new climate record suggests that Homo floresiensis — pint-size human relatives nicknamed “hobbits” — endured thousands of years of intensifying drought before disappearing from their Indonesian ...

It seems that domestic cats were not the first felines to live with humans, a study undertaken in China has revealed. In fact, the cats we are most familiar with they only arrived in the region via ...

SAN FRANCISCO - Human remains were discovered Monday afternoon at San Francisco’s Ocean Beach, authorities said. The remains were found around 3:52 p.m. at the beach, which is part of the Golden Gate ...

"Consciousness," although challenging to define, can be thought of as a first-person awareness of one's surroundings and oneself. You sense the world through your eyes, nose, ears and hands, and track ...

She approached chimps as she did people: on their own terms. By Sam Anderson ...

When humans manage to cut enough emissions and eventually reduce global temperatures, new research shows the Southern Ocean could kick warming back into gear. When you purchase through links on our ...