Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Earth’s first sponges may have been ghostly, soft-bodied pioneers—ancient animals that evolved long before their skeletons ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may mark the moment our ancestors first stood up and walked.

Some 445 million years ago, life on Earth was forever changed. During the geological blink of an eye, glaciers formed over ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

Jake Wilkins, or "Baby Highlight," didn’t have the traditional prodigy upbringing. Instead, he and his NBA legend father took ...

A 1.78-million-year-old partial elephant skeleton found in Tanzania associated with stone tools may represent the oldest ...