Our ancient ancestors died out thousands of years ago, leaving behind nothing but fossils, a few scattered artefacts, and lingering traces in our DNA. For the last 40,000 years, Homo sapiens have been ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

Scarlett Johansson leads a crew of explorers into uncharted territory — and very familiar blockbuster terrain — in yet ...

In 2010, scientists found the first evidence of another hominin subspecies, known as the Danisovans. Now, they’ve identified ...

(CN) — A boomerang made from a mammoth’s tusk pulled from a Polish cave could be one of the oldest known examples of a ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

A new analysis of a carved mammoth tusk first discovered four decades ago reveals it may be the world's oldest boomerang.

Russia has compared Musk's Neuralink to 'coming of antichrist' as a TV show propagandist has predicted Musk tech will bring ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain ...

The ancient boomerang wasn't found alone; it lay alongside a human phalanx—a small bone from either a finger or a toe.

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...