New magnetic evidence from volcanic rocks reveals that the collision of the Americas began far earlier than previously ...

Humans and Neanderthals not only coexisted and interbred, but actively collaborated and shared their cultures. This stunning ...

Discover 25 facts that make us doubt how well we know the world. From owls with eye tubes to sleeping whales, these ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

An international research team from Germany, the UK, and Greece has found evidence that wooden tools were used in Greece ...

Detailed imaging of a 250-million-year-old fossil has revealed the first proof that the ancestors of mammals laid eggs. The ...

So far as we know, true symbolic language is unique to the human species. The question of how we alone came to ...