The skeleton belongs to the world’s smallest cetacean, the group that includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises. Vaquitas ...

A new Tel Aviv University study challenges assumptions about the Neanderthal pelvis, finding that modern human males evolved ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Using chemical clues in Tyrannosaurus rex teeth, scientists have shown that ...

Yohannes Haile-Selassie has a talent for spotting fossils, and has discovered clues to several branches of the human family tree.

Chemical clues preserved inside fossilized T. rex teeth reveal that the dinosaur maintained a body temperature of about 97 degrees Fahrenheit, almost identical to humans. The finding provides direct ...

Humans have been getting high for longer than you might assume. Researchers have found evidence that ancient humans chewed on betel nuts, a stimulant still widely used today. The seed may have been ...

Flavonoid C-glycosides occupy a curious corner of food chemistry: they are abundant in some of the world’s most familiar plant foods, yet for decades they were treated as the quieter cousins of the b ...

Explore The Black Death's Unseen Legacy. Discover how this devastating pandemic didn't just kill millions but profoundly reshaped medieval society, science ...

A recent study published in Current Biology examined the skeleton known as Amud 7, an infant Neanderthal discovered in Amud ...

National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin’s academic training as an engineer and scientist stands out in his extraordinary ...

Swarthmore stripped the name of Spencer Trotter from the hall after the school learned he had dug up a Native American burial ...