Humans and our ancestors have been creating tools, art, and everyday objects for millions of years, and each unexpected ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science.. The ...

In the mist-covered heights of the Peruvian Andes, scientists uncovered strange and elusive lifeforms that have never 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 ...

The Sunda Shelf is home to a rich Pleistocene hominin fossil record, including specimens of Homo floresiensis, Homo ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

The study, published in the PLOS Pathogens journal, revealed 20 previously unknown viruses, including two henipaviruses ...

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

Scientists in China's Yunnan province have discovered 20 new viruses in bats, including two closely related to the deadly ...

Concerns about another pandemic and virus outbreak loom as the Chinese researchers found 20 new viruses linked to bats.

A total of 22 viruses were found after researchers looked at the insides of bats' kidneys in the Yunnan province, raising ...

Two newly discovered viruses lurking in bats are dangerously similar to Nipah and Hendra, both of which have caused deadly ...