Scientists have for the first time sequenced the most complete and oldest ancient Egyptian genome ever found—unlocking new ...

The author of “Sapiens” says that for the first time in tens of thousands of years, humanity has competition. And it’s coming ...

Ancient Whale Fossils Found In The Desert & Evolution Of Whales. Whale Valley, Wadi El-Hitan Egypt.

The narrow Hormuz waterway funnels almost 20 percent of global crude oil, so even a single-day blockade rattles the oil ...

While global fertility declines and military arsenals expand, modern warfare evolves rapidly. Sri Lanka grapples with a different challenge, releasing its first census of crop-damaging animals, ...

Tom Hanks, beyond his iconic roles, harbors a profound love for literature. Discover the books that have shaped his world, ...

We found the cost of a single shootdown spans three zeros: a hobbyist can stop a buzzing quad-copter for $587, while a nation ...

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied much of Asia and left its genes in modern humans, was like ...

Even though there are 8 billion people on Earth today, a catastrophe could send that number much lower within a few decades.

Very few people live beyond a century. So, if no one had babies anymore, there would probably be no humans left on Earth within 100 years. But first, the population would shrink as older folks died ...

Fossils once thought to represent the oldest dated Homo sapiens remains are now categorized as a subspecies of Homo sapiens: Idaltu. This raises the question: Are they a new subspecies or merely ...