A study by University of Liverpool researchers reveals that the species hardest to detect—those rarely seen, recorded, or ...

An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged ...

Specimen found in South Africa was widely thought to be member of ape-like human ancestor family that lived nearly 2 million ...

Australian-led study suggests iconic South African skeleton differs from known Australopithecus species, media reports - ...

Another twist has been added to the puzzling mix that is early human ancestry with evidence that one of the most complete pre ...

Stone tools discovered decades ago in a Polish cave have been reexamined using modern methods, revealing an age far older ...

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

From a dog that 'sees with its nose' to an eagle spotting humans kilometres away, animal senses work in fascinating ways.

The monogamy rate in humans may be higher than you expected... but we do it in a strange way compared to other animals.

A new study uses sibling genetics to compare monogamy across species. Humans score higher than expected and sit close to ...

Little Foot is a near-complete Australopithecus skeleton — the most complete ever discovered — from South Africa. Researchers ...

Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...