Cancer does not develop overnight. It can take decades for cancer‐promoting changes in the genome to eventually lead to the ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

Ancient humans in Africa changed their behaviour in a major way 70,000 years ago, which could explain how their descendants ...

We finally understand why humans don’t have tails The latest research traces the evolution of a gene that makes us able ... How does the carbohydrate-loving timeline map against our species’ history?

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

New research revealing that ancient Africa's climate was unexpectedly rainy, challenging previous theories about human ...

The shift from lizard-like sprawl to upright walking in mammals wasn’t a smooth climb up the evolutionary ladder. Instead, it ...

Previously, we thought humans arrived in North America around 13,200 to 15,500 years ago. But a new study led by University of Arizona archeologist Vance Holliday combines evidence from mud, Ruppia ...

Ancient seas left an expanse of rolling gypsum dunes known as White Sands in New Mexico, and within this surreal landscape lies evidence that humans have roamed the Americas for at least 20,000 ...