Venus figurines, with exaggerated sexual characteristics such as big hips and breasts, began appearing about 40,000 years ago ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

I know that little statement is a tricky question for some folks, because the human body is not a piece of machinery that, when its warranty is up, it just shuts down. Of course we know that, but ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

For decades, Paranthropus boisei, an early hominin that roamed eastern Africa a million years ago, was known for its gigantic ...

A human head and torso were found in a trash bag outside a Brooklyn home early Friday morning, police and sources said. The ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

The team used human stem cells to create embryo-like structures dubbed “hematoids” that mirror some features of early human ...

Mars is closer than ever, but the human body isn’t ready. Inside the biological war against radiation, microgravity, and ...

Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and ...

University of Cambridge scientists have used human stem cells to create three-dimensional embryo-like structures that ...