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

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

While late M-stars are the easiest places to find Earth-sized planets, a new study suggests they are biological dead ends where animal life may never find enough fuel to evolve.

There’s a place in Pennsauken where thirty-eight dollars transforms you into a shopping superhero with the power to fill an entire cart with treasures. Welcome to 2nd Ave Thrift Superstore, where the ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

Scientists at Nagoya University in Japan have identified the genes that allow an organism to switch between living as single ...

According to new research recently published in the journal Nature Communications, the Greenland shark retained its visual ...

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