A study of a million-year-old skull from China has potentially rewritten the early chapter of human evolution.

For this reason, Cyrus became (and remains) a legendary figure in Jewish history, though he was not Jewish himself. He was more likely a devotee of Zoroastrianism, which was fervently embraced by his ...

From desert carvings to underwater ruins, these ancient structures are so advanced that experts still can’t agree on what ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...