The fossil, called Penghu 1, is one of the few known pieces of physical evidence from the Denisovans, extinct relatives of ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

The slang term ‘bop’ — or ‘la la bop’ — has risen to prominence in the last year, with the expression commonly being used to ...

Prodigious siblings can be annoying. All too often, they steal the spotlight and cast behind them an infuriating shadow of ...

No evidence indicates any difference between males and females. The ribs and rib cage are excellent examples of the human body’s multifaceted and multifunctional design. They are strong enough ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST) RACHEL MARTIN: What's an experience from childhood that made you realize your parents were only human? ADUBA ... This text may not be in its final form and may be ...

However, new research has not only challenged this view, it has simultaneously spawned a new mystery surrounding human evolution ... separate for over a million years before recombining to form the ...

What's more, according to their analysis of modern human DNA, one of these isolated populations left a stronger legacy in our genes than the other. "The question of where we come from is one that has ...

We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? While most estimates place the current human population at around 8.2 billion, a new study suggests we might be vastly ...

(NewsNation) — Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, as well as two other NASA astronauts, have left the International Space Station after being stuck for nine months after a Boeing test flight. The return ...

However, the human body evolved to function in the gravity of Earth. So time in the weightlessness of space can take years from which to fully recover. Astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore ...