Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot ...

The reptile was named Crocodylus lucivenator, meaning “Lucy’s hunter.” The name references Lucy, one of the most famous early human ancestors ever discovered. Lucy lived about 3.2 million years ago ...

Researchers revisited the 1970s discovery of ancient stone tools at Monte Verde—an iconic site in Chile that transformed our understanding of how and when humans arrived in the Americas.

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

A new study challenges a site that's crucial to our understanding of how people got to the Americas. Decades ago, a site in ...

A 40-year-old man died Tuesday from his wounds following a March 9 shooting. Nicholas Teegarden, of Portland, was shot just before 2 a.m. in the Hazelwood neighborhood, Portland police said. Police ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed in a cave.

The findings may reveal new insights into early human mating preferences Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty A new study suggests Neanderthal males mated with human females more often than the reverse ...

First things first: what do we know about the next Marvel Cinematic Universe movie's first trailer? For starters, we know it'll arrive sometime today (March 18). Tom Holland, who' ...

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

Gary Todd / Wikimedia Commons / Public domain Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a 13,500-year-old human settlement in Saudi Arabia, revealing that ancient communities lived in the deserts of ...