Fossilized footprints found in both Laetoli, Tanzania, and Trachilos, Crete, may be the earliest evidence of upright walking.

In late October, Bill Gates published an essay where he argues for shifting resources away from combating climate change and ...

The unsustainable production of food and fossil fuels is responsible for causing $5 billion per-hour environmental cost, as ...

Legend once had it that the huge, three-toed footprints scattered across the central highlands of Bolivia came from ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human ...

About 50,000 years ago, humanity lost one of its last surviving hominin cousins, Homo floresiensis (also known as "the hobbit ...

Stalagmite data suggest Homo floresiensis faced prolonged drought that stressed both them and their prey, contributing to ...

Bulgaria’s delayed decommissioning of coal-fired power plants contributes to dangerous air pollution, risks breaching new air ...

A rare 520-million-year-old fossil with its internal organs still intact has been found. The fossilized sample — a tiny larva ...

An international team of scientists has found compelling evidence that a changing climate played a role in the extinction of the early human species Homo floresiensis, also known as ‘hobbits’. Their ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics, along with their additives, find their way into humans when we eat, drink, inhale, or touch ...