Starting a fire led to advancements such as cooking, which unlocked nutrients that improved the size and cognition of the ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful ...

Humans arrived on Earth long after some of its most extreme animals had vanished. Massive sharks, giant birds, and enormous proboscideans ruled ecosystems before Homo sapiens spread globally. Some ...

The oldest sediment DNA discovered so far comes from Greenland and is 2 million years old.

The findings push back the earliest known date for controlled fire-making by roughly 350,000 years. Until now, the oldest confirmed evidence had come from Neanderthal sites (northern France) dating to ...

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

LONDON (AP) — Scientists in Britain say ancient humans may have learned to make fire far earlier than previously believed, after uncovering evidence that deliberate fire-setting took place in what is ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

Every year, there’s a new lineup of such curious clinical conditions. There are always some unfortunate souls to mark medical ...

From robotic surgery performed 7,000 miles away to the first blood test to help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, 2025 has been a ...