Mouse Study Reveals Genes Essential for Life: Provides Insights into Human Disease "This paper is just the tip of the iceberg"
Archaeologists Figure Out Who was Making Jewelry and Tools in France 40,000 years ago It wasn’t modern humans!
Did Lucy Die After Falling Out of a Tree? Study proposes the famed hominin fell to her death 3.18 million years ago.
25 Tiny Bones Give Clues about our Earliest Primate Ancestors When ancient primates reached India, they retained their primitive appearance — but their northern counterparts kept evolving.
The Iceman Rocked a Bear Fur Hat and Goat Skin Leggings 5,300 Years Ago Genetic study reveals Ötzi the Iceman was really into leather.
We’ve Been Wrong About the Origins of Life for 90 Years The "primordial soup" explanation has some serious holes in it, so scientists have a new hypothesis.
Earliest Human Cancer Found in 1.7-Million-Year-Old Fossil Researchers publish two papers on the most ancient evidence for cancer and body tumors yet described in the human fossil record.
DNA Analyses Reveal Genetic Identities of World's First Farmers Genetic analyses reveal a collection of highly distinct groups in the Near East and Europe at the dawn of agriculture. These groups mixed and migrated to form the relatively homogeneous populations seen in the region today.
