Homo sapiens may become extinct within the next few centuries, not thousands of years as earlier studies suggested. Most extinction research has focused on plants and animals, and when humans are ...

Denisovans were first identified not from a skull or skeleton, but from DNA extracted from a finger bone found in Denisova Cave in Siberia. Since then, researchers have confirmed that this extinct ...

A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Researchers extracted ancient proteins from six archaic humans and found something in common with other extinct relatives—and ...

Ancient humans crossing the Bering Strait into the Americas carried more than tools and determination—they also carried a genetic legacy from Denisovans, an extinct human relative. A new study reveals ...

Dinosaurs have always been around in the human imagination. Whether it is through blockbusters like Jurassic Park or ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...

A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes ...