A reconstruction of a one-million-year-old skull suggested that our species started to emerge hundreds of thousands of years ...

An ancient skull, warped and damaged by the ravages of time and degradation, may have just altered our understanding of the ...

Is happiness in nature? When you look at the scientific literature on the subject, it seems clear that the answer is yes. Yet ...

Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

A reconstruction of an ancient skull suggests that humans could have evolved half a million years earlier than thought. Not so fast, some say.

These famous World Heritage Sites are loudly and proudly South African to the core. Here's where you can visit them!

Scientists believe they may have uncovered a new variety of "horned" human after discovering a skull that appears neither human nor Neanderthal. In the Journal of Human Evolution, researchers stated: ...

According to a recent study on chimpanzees, humanity's musical artform may be rooted as far back as our common ancestor as much as millions of years ago.

The recent unearthing of a 140,000-year-old child’s skull, which may have been a hybrid of modern human and Neanderthal, has sparked a lively debate among scientists. This discovery could potentially ...

Waving and handshakes feel automatic, but they reveal fascinating insights into human behavior if you take a closer look.

The James Irvine Trail consistently ranks as one of the most beautiful hikes in the entire national park system – which is like being called the best gelato in Italy or the best bagel in New York.

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in Orick is the wilderness equivalent of finding an empty beach in Hawaii – a statistical improbability that somehow exists despite all odds in our over-traveled ...