A new study from the University of Kansas complicates the picture of primates living in North America some 55 million years ...

The human family tree is gaining new branches. Researchers have found in modern humans' DNA signs of two previously unknown ...

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus ...

More than sixty years ago, she was known among family and friends for her exquisite collection of custom woven sarees. For ...

I’m not someone who naturally gravitates toward early mornings. My preferred relationship with sunrise involves sleeping ...

The preserve is part of the Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, and it’s developed such a reputation for reliable deer sightings that you might start taking them for granted, which would be ...

Growing up in an old house naturally sparked my passion for the past, leaving a lasting imprint on my earliest memories, and ...

But did our direct ancestors interbreed with other long-lost hominin lineages before the first major migrations out of Africa ...

We all have bits of DNA from a long-lost “ghost ancestor” inside us – and by putting all the different bits together, we ...

New research has identified two sections of the human genome we seem to have inherited from ancient human lineages we know very little about.

Two suspects were arrested after the remains of two people -- one identified and one pending identification -- were found ...

Ancient footprints reveal an extinct human relative was taller than expected and may have traveled in all-male groups 1.4 ...