The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

An arrowhead-shaped rock on Mars sporting features that may hint at ancient microbial activity on the Red Planet has left ...

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry ...

Astronomers from the University of Arizona have uncovered astonishing details about a galaxy that existed when the universe ...

EERIE footage shows the moment explorers discovered the 132-year-old wreck of a cargo ship that took down 27 souls, including ...

A newly excavated cave in Israel holds burials and artifacts suggesting that multiple human species commingled and shared ...

The discovery of the dwarf galaxy Andromeda XXXV --located roughly 3 million light-years away and the smallest yet found in the Andromeda system -- is forcing astronomers to rethink how galaxies ...

Ready for a show? On the night of March 13 into the early hours of March 14, a total lunar eclipse will occur as the moon moves into the Earth's umbra, or shadow, turning the bright white lunar ...

Although usually portrayed as arch-rivals, Homo sapiens and Neanderthals might have had more in common than previously ...

The linear tracks and human footprints found may be evidence of ancient transportation technology.

Scientists examining an ancient cave have made a discovery about humanity's history that dates back some 110,000 years.

It was identified from a collection of small fossilized teeth found within the Ste. Genevieve Formation, a layer of limestone ...