Recent analysis has challenged long-held assumptions about the origins of canine diversity, revealing that dogs were already ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Humans exhibit rapid, intense reactions to snakes and spiders, rooted in ancient survival instincts. Specific visual cues ...

The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

According to a statement released by the Spanish National Research Centre for Human Evolution (CENIEH), Ana Mateos and Jesús ...

Scientists have managed to pinpoint the time dogs began to look significantly different from each other in terms of skull ...

Over 500 million years ago, the Cambrian Period sparked an explosion of skeletal creativity. Salterella, a peculiar fossil, ...

“The fossil and plant records tell an incredible story,” said Rahab N. Kinyanjui from the National Museums of Kenya. “As the ...

Distinct domestic dog types could have started developing thousands of years before modern breeding, archaeologists find.

Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early ...

The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had ...