Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Completing the Tour de France route is a monumental achievement for any cyclist — amateur or pro. Read about the impact it had on one amateur rider's body.

The Philadelphia-based artist channels a nostalgic medium to peer more closely at what we ignore in the present.

In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

In a first, researchers have sequenced the complete genome of a man from ancient Egypt, and the results reveal that he had ...

Scientists have discovered a never-before-seen part of a human cell that could help research on Alzheimer's disease. The new ...

The search for Edna Quintana, 55, whose remains were found by a hiker this month in Saguache County, led officials to two other bodies, including Suzanne Morphew’s.

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose ...