Evidence from eastern England suggests ancient humans may have mastered fire 400,000 years ago, far earlier than believed, ...

Executive producer/director Anthony Hemingway brings The Hollywood Reporter behind the decisions around Sarah Paulson's ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the ...

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early ...

Chimpanzee calls activate key human brain voice regions, revealing ancient neural links that may reshape our understanding of language origins.

Avian influenza viruses (AIVs) represent an evolving global threat to animal and human health, with outbreaks recurring across wild bird populations, ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

Today, those shouts have been replaced by quiet screens and lightning-fast computers. The evolution of stock trading has ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

University of California San Diego researchers have discovered the enzyme responsible for chromothripsis, a process in which ...

Emerging pollutants are a diverse group of chemicals that include pharmaceuticals, personal care products, microplastics, industrial chemicals, ...

UC San Diego scientists discover enzyme responsible for scrambling cancer genomes; results could enable new treatments for ...