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.

The land Mr Alamaro has his eyes on for his latest venture is the sort classified as semi-arid. This has enough moisture to ...

The discovery of exoplanet PSR J2322-2650b reveals how unusual other worlds can be. This exoplanet takes just 7.8 hours to ...

Sponges are among Earth's most ancient animals, but exactly when they evolved has long puzzled scientists. Genetic information from living sponges, as well as chemical signals from ancient rocks, ...

Scientists drilled to the bottom of Greenland's 1,600-foot deep Prudhoe Dome and found it disappeared in the early Holocene, ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

Mongolia’s Bogd Khan Uul was originally protected by an ally of Genghis Khan and is home to Bronze Age petroglyphs, ...

Oxygen isotopes data enable researchers to look far back into the geologic past and reconstruct the climate of the past. In ...