The recreated skull's features suggest that the fossil belonged to the same lineage as a striking specimen called "Dragon Man ...

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex ...

Conifers, such as pines, spruces, and firs, produce sticky resins that protect the trees from insects and pathogens.

He lived hundreds of thousands of years ago, eking out an existence in what is today central China. Sporting a squat neck and ...

A newly reconstructed 1-million-year-old skull from central China may rewrite key chapters of human evolution. Researchers ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

Researchers say the analysis suggests Homo sapiens may have emerged at least half a million years earlier than previously ...

A new study claims that Yunxian-2, a human skull found decades ago in China, suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began ...

Sloths may seem like quirky tree-dwellers today, but their past reveals a dynasty of giants that once roamed the Americas.

Rodents make up almost half of all mammals. A study looks at how the evolution of a tiny thumbnail may have propelled their ...

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could ...