Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

Researchers have believed since the 1960s that the fossil jaw, unearthed at the Swartkrans archaeological site, belonged to an early human species called Homo ergaster. But new X-ray scans of the jaw ...

Researchers have believed since the 1960s that the fossil jaw, unearthed at the Swartkrans archaeological site, belonged to an early human species called Homo ergaster. But new X-ray scans of the ...

A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization.

Study Reveals Interdependence of Early Humans With Small Scavengers to Facilitate Evolution of Ecosystem A research team from ...

The rise of pastoralist peoples in the Eurasian steppes and their westward spread some 5,000 years ago may have been fueled by sheep herding and people exploiting their milk. As early as 8,000 years ...

When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that might lead t ...