National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

A new scientific review has uncovered how complex microbial communities, including those in the human gut and the natural ...

Medney (" Beyond Kuiper ") and co-author Don Macnab-Stark have crafted an intelligent examination of the human condition in the 23rd century as it surges into an existential era of decision, and we’ve ...

NICK ASHTON: We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. ROTT: Which would make the site ...

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

As humanity prepares to take its first steps on Mars, a comprehensive report released by the National Academies of Sciences, ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

A new study warns modern life may undermine key human survival traits, from fertility to cognition, as environmental ...

New research suggests the human brain has five distinct ages, and it may not reach adulthood until a person's early 30s.

A 3.4-million-year-old fossil foot reveals that two early hominin species lived together - A. deyiremeda and A. afarensis.

In his book "One Hand Clapping," Nikolay Kukushkin explores explanations for how consciousness evolved, and ultimately, what ...