If we turn back the clock to when Homo sapiens is believed to have evolved – around 300,000 years ago – we will find that there were a lot of other human species around. I wish I could give ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

Are humans the only species to drive another ... that killed off the dinosaurs (except for birds). However, many other species have gone extinct when nothing dramatic seemed to be happening.

Two studies published in the latest issue of Science, led by Dr. Fernando García-Moreno, Ikerbasque researcher at the ...

Language has long been considered a uniquely human trait, with features that mark it out as distinct from the communication ...

Remarkable social behaviors have been discovered in Kinda baboons (Papio kindae) that set them apart from other baboon ...

Chemical resistance is another area where human influence is clear. The widespread use of pesticides and antibiotics has ...

More than a century of habitat destruction, pollution, the spread of invasive species, overharvest from the wild, climate change, population growth and other human activities have pushed nature to the ...