When palaeoanthropologist Donald Johanson discovered a bone fragment at the Hadar fossil site in Ethiopia in 1974, he knew it ...

It was about 10:30 p.m. in February — a month when it was cold enough not to step outside unless you had to — but I not only pulled on ...

Advanced light microscopy techniques are giving scientists a new understanding of human biology and what goes wrong in ...

Over 1.500 are dead, and not a single skeleton remains. Various expeditions that have visited the wreck of the Titanic over ...

Over the past three years, the skeletons of hundreds of female migrants have been discovered in the Sunland Park Triangle, ...

In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals something often overlooked—how the breakdown of nerve function in ...

A team of paleontologists led by National Geographic Explorer Paul Sereno uncovered a trove of dinosaur fossils in the Sahara desert in Niger, including this long-necked herbivore ...

Olympic champ Semenya did not get a fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rules The original case was about whether athletes like her — who have specific medical conditions, a ...

Canine genetic history could settle a debate about a Viking outpost and human migration.

Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya won a partial victory at the European Court of Human Rights on Thursday in her seven-year legal fight against track and field’s sex eligibility rules.

Illinois family discovers human remains near a trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, raising questions and concerns about park safety.

Archaeology Human Evolution Neanderthal DNA may refute 65,000-year-old date for human occupation in Australia, but not all experts are convinced ...