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

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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 ...

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.

For over three decades, the badly crushed and distorted Yunxian 2 skull remained an enigma, its true significance hidden beneath layers of geological damage. The breakthrough came when researchers led ...

During his regular checkup, a 9-year-old clouded leopard named Masala undergoes a procedure to get a tiny heart monitor implanted under his skin at the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute in ...

Are you mentally prepared for some heavy-ass shit? You better be mentally prepared for some heavy-ass shit if you’re going to hit play on this one. The Denver noise-metal power trio Primitive Man will ...