A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

The Cambrian Explosion is a landmark moment in the history of life on Earth when many of the major groups of animals first ...

Complex life forms might have originated on Earth’s oceans about 1.5 billion years earlier than previously thought, according to a new study. Previous studies suggest animal life did not emerge on ...

Manitoba is well-known for its fossil record, including the fossil-filled, world-famous Ordovician-aged Tyndall Stone and the ...

Researchers have found that some cells form new multicellular structures with functions that defy their original biological roles even long after the organism they once belonged to has died.