Even now, this quiet, pastoral pocket of industrial western Germany seems an unlikely site to have changed our understanding ...

Penelope J. Corfield, from the University of London, offers an intriguing examination of the perils of shaking hands in human ...

New data is revealing deeper insights into how early humans interbred with Denisovans in events that significantly shaped our ...

The word Anthropocene comes from the Greek terms for human ('anthropo') and new ... Scientists divide up this huge history using geological epochs, eons, eras and ages to create a timeline. Epochs can ...

A new study predicts a grim future for humanity as Earth's continents drift towards forming a supercontinent. This will lead to extreme temperatures, reaching 40-50°C, making survival impossible ...

But the now-dead 78-year-old is just the second person in history on record to have triphallia – three penises. Only two people in history have had three penises, records suggest (Credits ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

NASA astronauts can vote from space, but why can't they endorse political candidates? As it turns out, U.S. federal law specifically prohibits them from doing so.

Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance “for the first time in human history,” fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, food production and lives ...

What are the latest Once Human codes? There are times in all of our gaming lives when we need a little bit of help. Call it a handout, call it a freebie, call it whatever you like, but receiving a ...