The ancestor of the virus that causes COVID-19 left its point of origin in Western China or Northern Laos just several years ...

In the earliest hours after fertilization, an embryo takes its first steps toward becoming a living organism by shedding ...

The Anthropocene (The Age of Humans) has been proposed as a new geological epoch after or within the Holocene, and, if formalised, would be the first to be introduced based on geologically observable ...

Wild chimpanzees alter the meaning of single calls when embedding them into diverse call combinations, mirroring linguistic operations in human language. Human language, however, allows an infinite ...

A palaeoanthropologist is being honoured for his work tracing the evolution and origins of humans. A blue plaque will be installed at the former home of Louis Leakey in High Street, Foxton, ...

Personality themed bicycles from the '50s-'60s depicted the likes of Hopalong Cassidy, Mickey and Minnie Mouse and Donald ...

Pulkeet, age 12, Bahadurgarh, Haryana, India To solve the mysteries of black holes, a human should just venture into one.

Professor Graham Coop, Department of Evolution and Ecology and Director of the Center for Population Biology, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work on ...

Xavier Gilbert shaved off his beard for a "work-related reason" but might think twice about doing it again given how his ...

Humans likely breed for these features because they most closely resemble those of human infants and trigger parental instincts. Cats or dogs? Dogs or cats? Whether you’re a feline fanatic or ...