Ancient Fossilized Jawbone Reveals Unknown Human Ancestor, Belongs to 1.4 Million-Year-Old 'Nutcracker Man’ Researchers uncovered the fossilized jawbone of a species dated 1.4-million-year-old, known ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

In a stunning discovery in Kenya, a set of 1.5-million-year-old footprints has raised new questions about the origins of ...

Among the many unique qualities of this long-extinct Antarctic bird, it seems to have been the earliest creature that could ...