New research shows that the superior colliculus, a primitive brain region, can independently interpret visual information.

We may be witnessing the moment when our ancestors first defied a hostile world, using the same tools in the same place for ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining ...

Scientists discover the oldest human face in Western Europe, dating back more than a million years, in a cave in northern ...

A fascinating fossil discovery in Kenya is changing how scientists see Paranthropus boisei, an ancient human relative that ...

Today, Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Experts have been puzzled by recently discovered fossils from the hand of an extinct human relative, Paranthropus boisei.

Some carmakers and energy executives say the plan would trigger costly litigation and spur individual states to create a patchwork of tighter rules. By Karen Zraick and Lisa Friedman The Environmental ...

In the new study, researchers looked at 51 fossilized teeth dating to between 1.8 million and 100,000 years ago from a variety of species, including Homo sapiens and our closest relatives, ...

Iryna Zarutska, 23, was fatally stabbed while riding the light rail on Aug. 22. A new butterfly species has been named after Iryna Zarutska, the 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee who was fatally stabbed ...