Launched in September, the group aims to encourage more Marylanders to fossil hunt via learning the basics from webinars and ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not ...

Scientists suggest meat consumption was pivotal to humans' development of larger brains, but the transition probably didn't ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

5, 2024 — A new study suggests that the fundamental abilities underlying human language and technological culture may have evolved before humans and apes ... A Fossil First: Scientists Find 1.5 ...

Lastly, the world wished a happy 50th anniversary to the discovery of Lucy, one of the most famous fossil finds in the history of human evolution. When you’re not feeling well, maybe you reach ...

According to a study, what scientists thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are actually the bones of a brown bear.

A study has found that what scientists had thought were the oldest human fossils found in Japan are the bones of a brown bear. Once known as the Ushikawa man, the fossils were found in the city of ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead ...