When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The ...

Fossilized human teeth spanning two million years of evolution had shockingly high contents of lead, which may have been the ...

New research has revealed how more upright limb postures helped ancient reptiles overcome the biomechanical constraints of ...

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, ...

The $148,000 award supports collaborative research and community outreach on Pennsylvania’s Devonian fossil record.

Uniforms in sports have never been just about fabric and color. They tell stories of changing times, shifting trends, and ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints recently published a religion and science addition to its Topics and Questions series addressing four subjects: the general compatibility of science and ...

One hundred years ago a young teacher, John T. Scopes, went on trial in Dayton, Tenn., for violating a recently enacted state law that forbade the state’s educators “to teach any theory that denies ...

Speakers at a school board meeting and on social media have voiced opposition, citing religious beliefs and a desire for more open discussion. The letter states that evolution is a unifying scientific ...