But unlike other artifacts unearthed at ancient sites, rock art is difficult to link to its creators. Since it often adorns ...

Scientists propose that recently uncovered fossils may be the earliest evidence of behavioral “handedness” in animals.

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

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

RNA vaccines represent a transformative advance in vaccinology, combining rapid development timelines, scalable manufacturing ...

A new study has uncovered evidence that early human ancestors were using fire in South Africa's Wonderwerk Cave between 1.07 and 1.79 million years ago, extending the chronology of one of the earliest ...

A new Yale-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses to date of genetic variation in human populations in Oceania, filling a major gap in representation in genomics ...

New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...