The remains of an extinct human discovered on the seafloor off Taiwan have reignited theories about the giants described in ...

All these giants of legend have a humanoid form, and they undertake generally human activities—walking, stomping, dancing, carrying heavy loads, running, and so forth. They act and move about in a ...

Giants have featured in stories for millennia, but the reason why they don't exist helps explain the natural world ...

The Indonesian archipelago’s waterways are now a boundary separating many of the country’s landmasses. However, this was not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ancient Denisovan leg bones found beneath the sea offer scientists a rare look at the size and build of this mysterious extinct ...

Nearly 80 years ago, a British expedition discovered the battered remains of a giant fossil on the peak of an Arctic island.

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

Over two dozen new human ancestor fossils unearthed at a Spanish cave site suggest these first Europeans may have engaged in cannibalism 850,000 years ago. More than 30 years after the discovery of ...

Why did Africa lose so many giant herbivores? New findings point to slow species formation, not faster extinction.

Scientist found fossils that belong to the species, Limnospondylus ajimuensis. Fossils uncovered in Japan nearly two decades ago have revealed a giant salamander believed to have inhabited the ...

More than 500 fossils, including remains of mammoths, ancient bison and giant ground sloths, were unearthed beneath Los Angeles during construction of Metro’s D Line extension. Now, years after crews ...