Take a journey through time to discover how our planet and the night sky will evolve over the next half a billion years.

These tails vary widely by anatomy and purpose—from the grippy tails of opossums to the balancing tails of kangaroos to the ...

The scientific wonderers at What If use geological and climate data to envision the unrecognizable face of our planet in the ...

The gap between genetics and archaeology leaves us with an unclear picture of where the Neanderthals originated. Columnist ...

Early humans were quarrying stone as far back as 220,000 years ago, revealing surprisingly advanced planning and resource use.

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

A massive study of ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 people across more than 10,000 years in West Eurasia reveals that natural ...

A monumental archaeological excavation in Africa has uncovered the lives of the humans who lived there 100,000 years ago.

When I was first diagnosed with endometriosis in 2002, my response was: “endo what?” I’d gone into surgery at King George V Memorial Hospital in Camperdown to remove a dermoid cyst on an ovary and ...

Ultraprocessed food intake was linked to more thigh muscle fat on MRI in a new study. Learn how diet may affect muscle ...

A professor of anthropology explores how early hominids ate prehistoric elephants to survive.