A remarkable discovery from Obłazowa Cave in Poland has unveiled what is likely one of Europe’s oldest known boomerangs, crafted from a mammoth tusk. This mammoth tusk boomerang was discovered in ...

One spring, after a long winter, an aged elephant lay dying at the bank of a small stream near the coast of what is now northern Italy. Soon after, some scavengers arrived to dine on this huge ...

As we found in our recent research, our brains also have powerful mechanisms for defending body weight – and can sort of ...

SHOHAM, Israel — Archaeologists believe they have found one of the oldest burial sites in the world at a cave in Israel, where the well-preserved remains of early humans dating back some 100,000 years ...

A newly published study has found that males of some of our earliest known ancestors were significantly larger than females. The pronounced difference in body size present in both Australopithecus ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding maternal control and activating its own genetic program. This critical process, ...