Until now, the earliest known instance of human interest in ichthyosaurs was in 1699, but a peculiar discovery pushes that ...

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

Fossils recovered from a cave in Casablanca, Morocco, may sit near the very root of the human family tree, according to ...

Scientists in China just found something amazing. It's the world's smallest cat fossil found in China, and it belongs to a ...

For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our ...

Megalodon’s enormous size is estimated from limited fossils, including vertebrae and teeth. (lexaarts/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) In 1978, a wonder emerged from the crumbling earth of the Gram ...

Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

A new report suggests that some governments have ignored legal obligations to prevent climate harm for decades.

Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

Tens of thousands of years ago, our own species, Homo sapiens, coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...