Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...

Mosquitoes may have started targeting humans millions of years ago, possibly during the spread of Homo erectus in Southeast Asia.

Our single-celled ancestor lived in a world without plants, animals or oxygen-rich oceans. Yet, this seemingly simple microorganism took the first steps toward complex life. From this ancestor emerged ...

The molecular building blocks that make up the cells of humans, animals and plants so sophisticated appear to be older than scientists previously ...

When closely related species mate, their offspring sometimes survive but cannot reproduce. This pattern often affects males ...

Freedom papers were carried by free Black Americans before the Civil War ...

In the kitchen of UC Davis Professor Emerita Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, overlooking a long dining table, hangs a painting by artist Isabella Kirkland.

A number of stubborn supersessionist beliefs about the Hebrew Bible continue to haunt our discourse, particularly as it relates to Christian Scripture. Among the most pernicious and widespread, as ...

The skull of the Australopithecus nicknamed 'Little Foot'. (Wits University/CC BY SA 4.0) Scientists have reconstructed the ...