Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

The use of poison on arrows marked a revolution in human hunting technology—new evidence suggests it happened tens of ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The jawbones and vertebrae of a hominin that lived 773,000 years ago have been found in North Africa and could represent a ...

An international research team reports the analysis of new hominin fossils from the site of Thomas Quarry I (Casablanca, ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins.

This National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, my Administration renews our commitment to end the evil of human trafficking, restore ...

New UChicago Divinity School course uses religious texts and popular sci-fi to shed light on what it means to be human ...

New Scientist writers and contributors have chosen their top science-y books, films, TV shows, music, video games and board ...

The Alien franchise has a history of using the same actors for multiple roles. In a universe where androids look human, and ...

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As we look back over the past 20 years, certain villains stand out for their ability to linger in our minds long after the ...