Scientists have long known that ancient Homo sapiens and Neanderthals lived alongside each other for thousands of years—until ...

The curious minds at What If explore what would happen if you mated with an alien.

A Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have found the legendary creature’s corpse now says he has scientific proof the remains are a ...

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

A new analysis of ancient DNA has found that Neanderthal genomes contain 62 percent more ancestry from anatomically modern ...

Thus far, our search for extraterrestrial life points toward Clarke’s former point, suggesting that our little blue dot is ...

A major challenge in the study of human prehistory is linking cultural artifacts in the archaeological record to the human ...

All living organisms are known to inherit genes, DNA sequences that contain instructions for producing specific proteins and ...

The breakthrough could reveal previously hidden ancient human activity inside caves, acting as ‘genetic archives’ ...

In cancer research, one person's junk is increasingly becoming another person's treasure. Scientists have uncovered new evidence showing how recently evolved "junk DNA" genetic elements can become ...

Prehistoric human DNA has been detected on cave walls by an international team of scientists, according to a report in The Portugal News. Sara Garcês of the Institute of Earth and Memory and the ...

The “Wow!” signal is one of our best pieces of evidence for aliens, but researchers are building a compelling case for a more ...