It would be easy to envy bats, bears and hedgehogs their seasonal torpor, but research has suggested that humans once ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ...

Bones From 773,000 Years Ago Capture Human Evolution at a Crossroads In A Nutshell Ancient African fossils dated to around ...

A 26-ft (8-m) deep excavation in Indonesia has revealed that humans and a hominin species that pre-dates humans used the same ...

New research shows humans may have brought wolves to a remote island, fed them, and cared for them thousands of years ago.

Researchers have found traces of what appears to be plant-derived poison on tiny stone arrowheads from South Africa dated to ...

Mammals aren’t known for the ocular regenerative powers, but a new study shows that nature has a few tricks up its sleeve.

Penguins do not react to people the way most wild animals do. When a human appears on an Antarctic shoreline, many penguins ...

Now, Japanese researchers are moving a promising, tooth-regrowing medicine into human trials. If the trial is successful, the ...