Humans once shared the planet with a rival built for cold and combat, then they vanished and we stayed. In this new video, you'll find out what might have given our ancestors the edge, how Neanderthal ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later ...

One of the biggest mysteries surrounding the ancient world is the disappearance of the Neanderthals around 32,000 years ago. Why did they go extinct? What made them disappear? Or are they still living ...

Tech culture has made contempt for humanity feel enlightened. We can do better.

The Turing Award winner launched nonprofit LawZero with $30M to build safe-by-design AI. He says the industry's race toward agentic systems is turning theoretical risks into practical ones.

In 1857, the German anatomist Hermann Schaaffhausen analyzed a human fossil with "an extraordinary form" that he had never ...

Global warming extinctions usually have people picturing the last polar bears or other furry critters disappearing, but the crucial and oft-overlooked world of plants is going to be decimated by ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

Pokémon Go fans are criticizing the recent launch of an elusive new creature that's now unavailable in many countries following a change by developer Niantic. Last week, IGN reported that players were ...