In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...

There’s a reason why ancient wisdom never truly grows old. Long before science tried to trace the journey of life through fossils and genes, Indian philosophy had already told that story through ...