Bones of now extinct species became a haven for bee babies thousands of years ago, scientists report in a first-of-its-kind ...

A team of international scientists, led by Dr. Karen Baab, a paleoanthropologist at the College of Graduate Studies, Glendale ...

Massive underground tunnels discovered across South America are not human-made. Scientists now believe extinct giant ground ...

Humans have been modifying their skull shapes since prehistory, but the discovery of a cube-shaped skull has researchers ...

Scientists generally agree that Little Foot belongs to the Australopithecus genus, but disagree on which species. Some say it ...

From an ancient Egyptian hoax to a mysterious disappearances and Cold War history, here are 10 bizarre facts you probably ...

Huge tunnels under southern Brazil and northern Argentina were potentially made by giant, Ice Age sloths for refuge and rest ...

Detail of the pit marks in the shell of the fossil horseshoe crab (Euproops danae). Photos courtesy Gregory Lewbart (North ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Pyrite found at a 400,000-year-old site in Barnham, England suggests that early humans were making fire long before experts ...

Ancient footprints discovered in White Sands, New Mexico, are challenging long-held beliefs about when humans first arrived ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...