A mass death event claimed the hominins’ lives and likely resulted from changing environmental conditions.

Members approve a bylaw change that could prohibit someone guilty of misconduct from attending a conference, following uproar over the presence of a known harasser at a meeting earlier this year.

Researchers’ simulations suggest that small population sizes and inbreeding made Neanderthal populations vulnerable to chance fluctuations in population size.

This marine animal looks like a sea star, but don’t be fooled.

This ancient bird has a modern tail bone.

The site, Corral Bluffs in Colorado, also reveals how plants evolved and how ecosystems rebounded after the asteroid impact.

Dental calculus provides a look into the diets of 42 people who died during the Great Irish Famine.

A discovery of Neanderthal footprints reveals insights into the hominin’s social structure.

The astronomical idea doesn’t align well with the fossil record, anthropologists argue, but the origins of bipedalism are still difficult to determine.