Ancient human remains from Sulawesi suggest people were habitually using the psychoactive betel nut as far back as 25,000 years ago. Researchers found both unusual tooth wear and traces of arecoline, ...

The Anthropocene became part of the zeitgeist after Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen launched the idea in 2000. This is the notion that a crescendo of human impacts has recently propelled Earth out of the ...

Consistent heel-to-toe steps are more unique to humans than previously thought and allowed early humans to walk farther more ...

A 324-million-year-old fossil suggests early insects lived between water and land as their bodies gradually changed over time ...

The ancestors of birds, the theropod dinosaurs, had powerful legs. They could definitely jump, and jumping could provide an important evolutionary advantage. Being able to get out of the way of a ...

New paleogenomics research reveals how the so-called American 'cheetah' adapted to harsh Arctic conditions by preying on fish ...

The human family tree is becoming harder to fit into the categories scientists have used for decades. Research from Monash ...

Scientists can now come face to face with an early human ancestor nicknamed Little Foot who lived 3.67 million years ago, ...

A meter-long scorpion with massive pincers stalked ancient Britain 415 million years ago, long before forests and the ...

Our time on this planet has been relatively short, yet in this time we’ve come face to face with some of Earth’s most ...

Choi Hwa-in, CEO of Choicemuonoff and Blockchain Evangelist, describes herself as "someone who translates blockchain ...

Dave Marsh, a longtime music critic who wrote several influential books about Bruce Springsteen, including the early biography “Born to Run,” has died. He was 76. Marsh died Friday in Connecticut, his ...