A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Between 1347 and 1353, Europe was gripped by the most catastrophic pandemic in its history: the Black Death. Killing many millions, the plague wiped out between one-third and a half of Europe's ...

How Platforms are Turning Reputation, Attention and Personal Brands into Investable Assets and Test the Ethics of Trading on People’s Potential ...

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

When the two species got together tens of thousands of years ago, the hookups may have often involved a male Neanderthal and a female human, according to a new study. The findings, described February ...

Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older than previously believed.

Scientists are studying forms of ‘social’ interactions between artificial-intelligence agents. Will they find a fresh form of ...

Humanoid robots, robotic systems with a human-like body structure, have the potential of tackling various real-world tasks ...