"Everlasting geological signature." Scientists make grim prediction about humanity's legacy in the future: 'The first step to ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

If you’ve ever wanted your own museum or to build a kickass bone statue, the new Relics update might be for you ...

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

One would think that Republicans would know better. One would think that Republicans from an important oil- and gas-producing ...

President Trump's efforts to overhaul the Environmental Protection Agency are being cheered by many in the fossil fuel ...

The WHO has identified air pollution as the biggest environmental threat to human health globally. Each year, an estimated ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Several U.S. climate regulations aim to reduce burning of fossil fuels, a driver of climate change ... and it concludes that greenhouse gas emissions are a threat to human health and welfare. The ...

Almost half of people surveyed across the European Union are in favour of banning fossil fuel advertising — nearly twice as ...