A new reconstruction of a woman from a 17th-century "vampire" burial reveals a young-but-sickly woman whom villagers feared ...

Recent research challenges the theory that long childhood in humans is due to large brain sizes. Instead, analysis of early ...

A team of scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, has created 3D reconstructions of several Aztec skull ...

About 3.2 million years ago, among the prehistoric forests of what is now Ethiopia, a small human was folded into the fossil ...

This is a photo of Lucy. Or rather, it’s Lucy, as she was imagined by a sculptor working for a museum. Probably the National ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

Fifty years ago, the discovery of a human ancestor "Lucy" generated worldwide attention. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with paleoanthropologist Zeray Alemseged about the legacy of the discovery.

Cynthia-Lou Coleman is a professor of communications at Portland State University, and an enrolled tribal citizen and a descendant of Osage and Lakota peoples. She has served on the Awards for ...

Beyond mere biological evolution, the story of our species is filled with cultural and technological revolutions that have ...

Archaeologists unearthed the first Aztec death whistles, also known as ehecachichtlis, in 1999 while excavating the ...

The Aztec death whistle's scream-like sound evokes fear and symbolizes mythological deities, linking modern and ancient ...