If you go walking in the wild, you might expect that what you're seeing is natural. All around you are trees, shrubs and ...

Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...

A question that we have all asked ourselves at some time is what will happen when human beings become extinct or what species ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

A supercomputer has produced a predictive model detailing the tectonic catastrophe that would end life on Earth as we know it ...

Denisovan - an extinct human relative of both Neanderthals and modern humans that lived across Asia. They are named after Denisova Cave in Russia, where the first finger bone was found.

The intricate cave system perched deep in an isolated stretch of Spanish mountains contained the remains of an ancient and ...

The tool we've identified is called a Quina scraper. This type of stone tool is well known from archaeological sites in ...

The Partula tohiveana snail has been reclassified as critically endangered by the IUCN Red List after being previously ...

There have been some species of animals that have surprisingly been saved from being extinct. Among them are local species who suffered extinctions in a particular area.

Science is taking a major step forward by exploring the possibility of bringing extinct species back to life. Iconic animals like the woolly mammoth, the dodo, and the Tasmanian tiger could soon ...

We will discover new tools, new ways that we can help species that are still alive but in danger of becoming extinct.” ...