Paleontologists hope that an amber-like material, made with living tree resin, will shed light on the prehistoric ...

For most organisms on Earth, rocks are objects, not food. But for one oddball microbe, desert limestone seems to have been on ...

A 30,000-year-old vulture fossil was found in volcanic rock. Scientists discovered microscopic feather details preserved in ...

The fossilized remains of one of the smallest known human relatives have been unearthed in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

Learn more about how Paranthropus robustus lived 2 million years ago, an evolutionary cousin to humans.

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

Paleontologists have unveiled a 30,000-year-old vulture fossil in Italy, preserved in volcanic ash, showcasing microscopic ...

An analysis of a 30,000-year-old fossil vulture from Central Italy has revealed for the first time that volcanic rock can ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Offshore wind faces community and political opposition as well as support for its promise of ample renewable energy and while ...

For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains.