Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Such treasures were presented to the world in 2024 that have changed the way we see life on Earth, both in the evolution of animals alive today and the mysterious lifestyles of giant "enigmas" from ...

New research on mosasaurs, based on new technologies and fossil discoveries, sheds light on their evolution, feeding habits, ...

On Earth today, there is only one species of humans. Us. Homo sapiens to use our scientific term. But this was not always the ...

Fungus-farming ants, fossilized footprints and a prehistoric critter named after a Muppet are just a few of the year’s most notable findings ...

An evolutionary biologist has challenged the long-held theory that the first humans came out of Africa. Dr. Huang Shi from ...