Sharp stone technology chipped over three million years allowed early humans to exploit animal and plant food resources, ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping ...

The oldest in Western Europe, this fractured skull has introduced a series of new questions about early humanity.

The fossils — which may date back to 1.4 million years — were nicknamed “Pink” in honor of iconic rock band Pink Floyd.

Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world’s ...

“We did look at brain scanning and when people have lots of tubes coming out of skull caps,” Crombie said. In the film, Mickey’s memories are contained in a device shaped like a brick and pushed down ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time ...

The director Catherine Gund fuses work from multiple artists with archival footage and interviews to craft an exploration of Black resilience. By Alissa Wilkinson In this coming-of-age drama from ...

Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a mouse with two male parents -- that lived until adulthood ...