Uncover 25 ancient human discoveries that challenge our understanding of early man. See how new fossils and DNA finds are ...

Explore 25 ancient structures with baffling burials still unexplained. From incestuous Neolithic tombs to mass sacrifices, ...

Benjamin Larson, 47, was arrested earlier this week after allegedly stalking a woman for 13 years following their two-month ...

The human brain is made mostly of water, protein, carbohydrates, and fat—lots of fat. In fact, roughly 60 percent of the brain is fat, making it the fattiest organ in the body. Because fats lack a ...

Wild monkeys in West Africa can climb vertical tree trunks using foot flexibility scientists did not realize they possessed.

Ancient footprints in Kenya reveal that eight Paranthropus boisei may have traveled together 1.4 million years ago, with some ...

New ancient serpent sculptures found in Peru shed light on Caral beliefs about fertility, water and survival amid ancient ...

An analysis of bones from ancient people has discovered DNA that does not directly connect them to any other ancient or ...

Neanderthals had more robust heel bones than we do, and while genetics probably accounted for much of this difference, modern ...

Levallois is a stone-knapping strategy in which a toolmaker prepares a stone core so that a subsequent blow removes a flake ...

Scientists uncovered DNA from two mysterious human ancestors hidden in modern genomes, revealing new clues about our ...

By comparing Neanderthal and modern human pelvises, researchers reached an unexpected conclusion: rather than the Neanderthal ...