A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now ...

Sloths may seem like quirky tree-dwellers today, but their past reveals a dynasty of giants that once roamed the Americas.

Decades after a skull was unearthed in China’s Hubei Province, researchers said they suspect a much earlier and more complex ...

A new study has observed that chimpanzees regularly eat fermented fruit together, suggesting that alcohol consumption is more deeply rooted in human evolution than previously thought.

Why do Ganesha, Buddha and Tirthankar look the way they do now? A show at the British Museum traces the origin stories of Hindu, Jain, Buddhist idols.

The discovery of Yunxian 2 reveals early humans may have coexisted with Neanderthals for nearly 800,000 years, challenging ...