Short ancient humans in Indonesia called Homo floresiensis disappeared possibly due to severe drought that gripped their ...

Whether a species has just freshly emerged, or it has been around for millions of years does not dictate its vulnerability.

A newly uncovered fossil site beneath theJava Sea is shifting scientific perspectives on early human survival and prehistoric ...

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...

Stone tools discovered decades ago in a Polish cave have been reexamined using modern methods, revealing an age far older ...

The Netherlands has returned four pieces from a major archaeological collection to Indonesia, including the skullcap which ...

The idea that extreme climate change could one day cause a mass extinction and end the human dominance is not as farfetched ...

(CNN) — The first known hand fossils from an extinct human relative have been unearthed in Kenya, revealing a species with unexpected dexterity and a gorilla-like grip. The hand bones, which were ...

And then there were none. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has announced that several species of animals and plants have now gone extinct. The 2025 list of extinctions ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces with broad noses and massive cheekbones, features often described as ...