Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Thousands of years before the invention of compasses or sails, prehistoric peoples crossed oceans to reach remote lands like ...

Archaeologists have found the oldest-known surviving examples of handheld wooden tools.

Sixty-five million years ago, tiny primates clung to survival in the shadows of dinosaurs’ extinction. Today, their descendants command the planet. This is the awe-inspiring saga of human evolution.

A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

A treasure trove of Cambrian fossils has been discovered in southern China, providing a window on marine life shortly after ...

Earth is covered with technofossils, or man-made materials, that will last for centuries and maybe even longer.