The 1.5 million acre Lake Mead National Recreation Area covers “mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes,” the National ...

Researchers Stunned After Discovering 20,000-Year-Old Fossil Belonged to a Bear, Mistook It to Be of a Human Initially The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of ‘Ushikawa Man’ were some of Japan's most ...

Strange 1.4 million-year-old fossil traced to previously unknown human relative 'nutcracker man’ - ‘Nutcracker man’ likely ...

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 ...

Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. At such a critical ...

This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

But if Bae and Wu’s analysis is correct, these fossils could hold the key to solving one of human evolution’s biggest mysteries: a puzzle that started with the discovery of a pinkie bone in ...

Australopithecus came before us, but that doesn't tell us which specific individual species is our ancestor. The fossil ...

(CNN) — A cache of human-like fossils from China has perplexed scientists for decades, defying explanation or categorization. The skull fragments, teeth, jaws and other remains unearthed at ...