This most fundamental question was famously posited by none other than Nobel laureate physicist Enrico Fermi (1901–1954).

Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

One hundred years ago, a public high school teacher stood trial in Dayton, Tennessee, for teaching human evolution. His ...

“Ancient DNA has produced a revolution in our understanding of recent human origins,” said Daniel Green, field program ...

A new study argues that religion, politics and war affect how animals and plants in cities evolve, and the confluence of ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

The venture, privately funded to start, is now run by the University of Arizona. And today, scientists there are quietly ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain—have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose ...