The elusive and ancient Wonderwerk Cave has attracted scientific attention for decades for its ...
Extinct human cousins may have used some genes differently than modern people do, an analysis of Neandertal and Denisovan DNA reveals. When and how strongly genes are turned on or off plays a big role ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Our earliest ancestors probably behaved in a much more "human" way than most scientists have previously thought, according to a recent study that looked at early hominid fossils from ...
A crocodile the size of a small bus once ruled the rivers and lakes of ancient Kenya. Crocodylus thorbjarnarsoni, the biggest ...
Human ancestors living in Central Europe between 320,000 and 300,000 years ago may have used wooden spears to fend off fearsome, meat-eating rivals — saber-toothed cats. From 2011 to 2013, a team led ...