Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

For most of human history, straight, well spaced teeth were the norm, not a luxury that required years of metal and elastic ...

Genetic research does not always produce tidy answers. Sometimes it reveals traces that raise more questions than they settle ...

This world-famous fossil is now on display in Abu Dhabi, allowing visitors to see up close one of the most important finds in ...

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

Waitomo is a region on New Zealand famous for glittering glowworms that hang from caves. But deep inside a jagged crevice ...

Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

A single ancient jawbone is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about humanity’s forgotten relatives.

This prehistoric piece of alder found at the Marathousa 1 archaeological site in Greece might be the earliest wooden tool ...

Australian and New Zealand scientists have unearthed the remains of ancient wildlife in a cave near Waitomo on Aotearoa's ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

The world’s oldest known cave art shows how early humans crossed oceans, offering rare insight into ancient migration routes.