Since its discovery in 1993, the Altamura Man, dating back at least 130,000 years, has continued to captivate scientists and ...

Lucy’s discovery transformed our understanding of human origins. Don Johanson, who unearthed the Australopithecus afarensis ...

Stories on the discovery of vital fluid-transport systems in the human body are among the winners of the 2024 AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards. Winning journalists also did immersive stories on ...

But look up for a moment, and you catch a glimpse of it: the Museum of Zoology’s twenty-one metre Fin Whale skeleton, arching ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

On Sunday, the National History Museum will open NHM Commons, its newest wing. The community hub features Gnatalie, a 70-foot ...

Brazil has just identified a new species of fossilized bird from the Late Cretaceous period. Named Navaornis hestiae, it was ...

One of the more enduring mysteries about Neanderthals is whether they had a spoken language, a trait that’s impossible to ...

These ancient humans were once thought to be a distinct species, but were later recognized as practically indistinguishable ...

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Archaeologists first made the grim discovery in 2022 and have been studying the remains to understand why she and others were ...

carried out this work as part of a project supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. The results obtained make it ...