Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Scientists have identified a previously unknown human relative from a 1.4-million-year-old fossilized jawbone, reshaping our ...

Paranthropus capensis, a “gorilla-like” human relative that lived in southern Africa some 1.4 million years ago. A new study ...

Humans often rely on their instinct, also known as the sixth sense, in decision-making beyond logical boundaries. This intuitive feel may be linked to evolutionary information stored in genes or a ...

Scientists at the University of Oregon uncovered a sex chromosome in the California two-spot octopus, dating back 480 million ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

A Republican lawmaker made an unusual suggestion during a public hearing Thursday on a bill that could lead to a fart tax on ...

DNA analysis reveals the big, flightless moa birds ate — and pooped out — 13 kinds of fungi, including ones crucial for New Zealand’s forest ecosystem.

Research has revealed a previously undetected ‘language-like structure’ in whale song that was thought to be unique to human language.

Simulations of a potential impact by a hill-sized space rock event next century have revealed the rough ride humanity would be in for, hinting at what it'd take for us to survive such a catastrophe.

Auroras have long mystified humanity. Now that we know what they are and why they happen, we can better predict how best to ...

A systemwide outage of state goverment computers shut down everything from the work of the Legislature to driver’s licensing offices for ...