The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Cecilia Oebanda-Pacis founded Voice of the Free in 1991 to help children kidnapped and forced into sex work. Her work is more ...

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Archaeologists uncovered stone tools and circular formations beneath tidal flats on the Isle of Skye, proving humans reached Scotland 11,500 years ago. Once thought buried under ice, this site now ...

A human skull believed to be around 4,270 years old was discovered along the bank of Whitewater River earlier this year and ...

After the discovery of four dead children in Zebulon, local authorities are focusing on the severe psychological toll the ...

When evaluating possible planets out of the thousands out there, explained Prof. Bean, scientists look for liquid water as a ...

How does the brain take out its trash? That is the job of the brain's lymphatic drainage system, and efforts to understand ...

In a suspected case of reverse evolution, wild tomatoes in the Galápagos have developed a defense mechanism that hasn’t been seen in millions of years.

Authorities say a North Carolina man charged with killing four of his children after human remains were found in the trunk of a vehicle believe the slayings occurred over several months ...

The next time you go wild swimming, whether in a lake, river or sea, you are probably sharing the water with one of your ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.