Tucked away in the northeastern corner of Mississippi lies a natural wonderland that feels like it was plucked from another ...

In 1957, Julian Huxley summarized the term transhumanism as “man remaining man, but transcending himself, by realizing new possibilities of and for his human nature”[1]. Transhumanism uses current and ...

A bizarre fossil called Prototaxites, which was the largest life-form on land 400 million years ago, may have been a completely unknown form of multicellular life, according to a new study.

Archaeologists at Drouseia-Skloinikia on the Akamas peninsula have unearthed a treasure trove of stone tools, beads, shells and bones, some dating back 8,000 years, offering a rare glimpse into the ...

Ancient duplicated genes are giving scientists their first real clues about what life was like before all life on Earth shared a common ancestor.

A new study challenges the idea that climate change drove early human innovation. Instead, researchers find that cultural developments arose under different environmental conditions, shaped by ...

The madman convicted of laying in wait with an assault rifle and trying to kill President Trump at his Florida golf course ...

Scientists analyzing ancient DNA from a 12,000-year-old double burial in southern Italy uncovered genetic evidence of a rare inherited growth disorder in two closely related prehistoric individuals. A ...

A discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a forested hill in eastern Norway, is drawing new attention to rock carvings created more ...

A team of archaeologists from University College London and the Natural History Museum, London, have just described the discovery of an extraordinary prehistoric tool made from elephant bone. The ...

Two renowned prehistoric individuals were likely infected with a human papillomavirus that has been linked to several cancers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Both Ötzi the Iceman, the oldest well-preserved human ever found, as well as a prehistoric man who lived in Siberia 45,000 years ago were recently found to be carriers of a cancer-causing strain of ...