A serendipitous find in the National Museum of Natural History’s collections yielded just the second known specimen of a ...

In the 1970s, archaeologists discovered a strange grave in western Belgium, dating back to 100 CE or so. Unlike the 76 other graves, it actually had a skeleton inside it. But 50 years la ...

Bone tools have been created by hominins for millions of years, with the earliest evidence for the manufacture of ...

By mapping the subcellular architecture and protein interactions within cells, researchers can better understand how mutations contribute to pediatric cancers and other conditions.

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