More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...
From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...
National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...
New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills ...
One of the most complete hominin fossils ever discovered could completely change our understanding of human evolution, new ...
The Harbin cranium, known as Dragon Man, is one of the most complete ancient skulls ever found and may represent a newly ...
Tardigrades are survivors. For more than 500 million years, the microscopic “water bears” have spread all over the planet and endured some of the harshest conditions Earth has to offer. Now a new ...
A new study warns modern life may undermine key human survival traits, from fertility to cognition, as environmental ...