A pioneering scientific breakthrough has made it possible to extract proteins from preserved soft tissues, including human ...

Molecular evidence from a 2-million-year-old southern African hominid species indicates sex and genetic differences in P. robustus.

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

You've probably heard the claim that it takes more muscles to frown than to smile. It's usually framed as a feel-good reason ...

A 300,000-year-old skull found in China may belong to a completely unknown human species—rewriting everything we thought we ...