This week, meet a big-brained ancient human relative, hear a meteorite as it lands on Earth, spot a tiny kangaroo-like marsupial, and more.

Scientists Discover Remains of a Baby With a Nearly Complete Skull, It's 150,000 Years Older Than the Lucy Specimen ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An investigation is underway after two hikers found human remains in Jessamine County, Kentucky, last week. The Jessamine County Sheriff's Office said it was told about ...

Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Identification cards were also found at the scene but were blank, according to the human remains database. While his nationality are unknown, he is understood to have told a local taxi driver he ...

This fascinating time capsule is the oldest ever discovered - and found completely by accident. This year is a big year for time capsule openings as many people buried time capsules in 2000 and ...

A newly discovered dinosaur could potentially change the entire timeline of when and where scientists believe the prehistoric animals existed, and may be the oldest dinosaur ever discovered in ...

A 230 million-year-old, never-before-seen raptor unearthed in the U.S. is the oldest dinosaur ever ... remains from multiple individuals of the new species, Ahvaytum bahndooiveche, were first ...

It was discovered ... their legacy remains today. Museum Director Bill Griffiths said: "You'll see how our ancestors lived, worked and played.” Of all the community developments that began in the ...

UNBELIEVABLE three-million-year-old razor-sharp vegetable peelers used by the world's oldest ... remains of Lucy - a half-ape-half-human. In November 1974, the skeleton of a small female was ...