80-million-year-old fossils revealed that this dyrosaurid species began to diversify millions of years earlier than ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Bears look like textbook mammals, but hidden in their evolutionary history are two dramatic departures from the standard ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially.

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

There are few forms of the botanical world as readily identifiable as fern leaves. These often large, lacy fronds lend ...