Government officials have confirmed the first human case of New World screwworm to be detected in the U.S., sending shockwaves through the American cattle industry, Reuters reported on Monday.

Only recently have scientists begun to systematically catalogue the species that compose this living constellation, and to understand what their presence means for a forest under pressure from human a ...

Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs ...

One of the defining features of humans is our brain's remarkable capacity for language, planning, memory, creativity, and more. These abilities stem not just from our large brain size, but also from ...

A newly discovered Denisovan gene, hidden within human DNA, may have helped the first Americans adapt to their new world.

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest example of interbreeding between the two groups.

New fossils reveal a previously unknown Australopithecus species that coexisted with early human ancestors 2.6 million years ...

The researchers carefully compared the newly discovered teeth with known specimens of Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species) and early Homo. They found that these teeth belonged to both early ...

Fossils reveal extreme sexual dimorphism in early hominins. The findings reshape views of their social behavior. A recent study has revealed that males of some of humanity’s earliest ancestors were ...

Birding tourism can support sustainable development and habitat conservation across the tropics, but only if countries can ...

Lemurs are among the best-known representatives of Madagascar's animal kingdom. They make up more than 15% of all primate ...

But the new study also suggests that the ilium underwent a second major change millions of years later, when humans evolved ...