The Dragon Man was first unearthed in the 1930s (Image: EUREKALERT!/AFP via Getty Images) A groundbreaking archaeological dig has unearthed a skull which could belong to a never before seen species of ...

An international team of cave explorers has shown that cave walls and the prehistoric rock art that adorns them can preserve human DNA for thousands of years.

Chinese researchers have unveiled a remarkably preserved ancient skull, dubbed 'Dragon Man', which could belong to a ...

We're honoring America's 250th anniversary by rounding up the most life-changing medical inventions from right here in the ...

"Humanity does want to do positive things and can find a lot of joy in taking on these big challenges together," Hansen told the crowd at an event in Halifax on Wednesday.

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today ...

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with a newly identified species of Australopithecus nearly three million years ...

Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes is starting against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, but that doesn't mean he couldn't have a little fun on Monday's off day. Skenes was driving by the Ingomar ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parallel Bio, a biotech company pioneering human-first drug discovery, today announced it has raised $21 million Series A funding, led by AIX Ventures. The round ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that feeds, grows and replicates like a natural cell, a ...