Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

The top U.S. commander in the Middle East told troops that they were moving from 'deterrence into active combat' ahead of Iran strikes.

Readers discuss historical and legal aspects of the war. Also: Richard Nixon and a Watergate episode; America’s voting ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Genomic analysis shows that interbreeding between female Neanderthals and human males was less common than the opposite ...

Women's History Month events are online and in person, and they explore contributions from the start of our nation through space exploration.

As Artemis II prepares to carry astronauts around the moon using flight computers capable of billions of calculations per ...

Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ...

When ancient humans mated, dad was a Neanderthal, mom was Homo sapiens.

If you thought we lived in the Information Age with 24/7 news, the internet, social media and AI, consider the fact that in the 19th century every city of any size had a dozen or more newspapers with ...

For a long time, imagination was considered a human endeavor. When we’re children, we invent invisible friends and turn ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...