Investigators are working to determine the identity and cause of death of a person whose skeletal remains were found near ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Human activity has lessened the resilience of modern coral reefs by restricting the food-fueled energy flow that moves ...

This week, the EPA revoked what’s called the “endangerment finding,” which found that fossil fuel emissions can endanger human health. The agency says the U.S. will save money, but there are other ...

Authorities are investigating the discovery of a skull and other human remains found along a remote dirt road in the Mojave ...

Fossils found at the Nesher Ramla site in Israel date between 140,000 and 120,000 years ago and do not match known human ...

The Environmental Protection Agency says revoking the “endangerment finding” will save taxpayers over $1 trillion, but ...

Far below the waves, where sunlight never reaches, a fragment of bone has forced scientists to redraw parts of the human family tree. An ancient jaw dredged from the seafloor between China and Taiwan, ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Caribbean reef food webs have compressed by up to 70% over the past 7,000 years as fish diets converge and ecosystems become simpler.

Over this time, wolves have had to endure numerous changes in the planet’s climate. The cycles of the Ice Ages repeatedly changed their habitat and available prey, providing an insight into how modern ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...