New fossils reveal the hand bones of Paranthropus boisei, proving this early human ancestor could make and use tools.

A new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualize the human brain in unprecedented detail has been developed by UCL researchers, in a major step forward for neuroscience and neuroimaging.

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

Long-simmering acrimony between Paul Herlihy and his son, Douglas, was reaching a peak when Paul put a for-sale sign on the ...

Life is fleeting, and character matters. When the fake gravestones and giant bones go back to the basement, what will we be ...

Famed Donald Trump biographer Michael Wolff is suing the first lady for defamation.

The government has been shut down for more than 21 days as of Wednesday, making it the second-longest federal closure in U.S. history. It’s only bested by a 35-day shutdown between 2018 and 2019, ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and ...

In a 1970 National Geographic feature, paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey—son of Louis and Mary Leakey—recounted his discovery of a nearly complete Australopithecus boisei skull (now Paranthropus ...

Human remains dating back thousands of years have been discovered in the eastern part of Indiana. The Fayette County Coroner announced the historic discovery on their Facebook page on Monday, Oct. 8, ...

For over three decades, the badly crushed and distorted Yunxian 2 skull remained an enigma, its true significance hidden beneath layers of geological damage. The breakthrough came when researchers led ...