This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Bite force, a measure of the strength of an animal's bite, helps researchers understand a species' role in the ecosystem.

A researcher has documented a cleft lip in an ancient mummified head from the Andes, a condition that may have been seen as a ...

Java Man, the first fossil evidence of Homo erectus, has returned to Indonesia after over a century in the Netherlands. This ...

Andi Bogard takes a look at the classic actions and platforms that laid the foundation for today’s hunting rifles.

A new study links climate stress to the disappearance of the early human species Homo floresiensis, known as the “hobbits” of ...

The Netherlands pledged on Friday to return to Indonesia the remains of "Java Man", the first-ever "Homo Erectus" unearthed by modern scientists in a landmark discovery for human evolution. The Barron ...

The items were taken in the late 19th century from what was then called the Dutch East Indies. Indonesia had been trying to get them back for decades. By Nina Siegal Reporting from Amsterdam The ...

WINTER PARK, Fla. — Deputies in Orange County said a man was arrested after allegedly pointing a bow and arrow at a homeowner in Winter Park. Robert Paone is accused of standing beside a house with ...

Excavated with colonial labor and shipped to the Netherlands, the famous fossil is being repatriated to Indonesia along with 28,000 other fossils. The skull cap of 'Java Man' was discovered by Eugène ...

Paul Williams is known for his ability to elicit both laughter and tears. This week, he and his decades of music will be celebrated at the 92nd Street Y. Credit... Supported by By Elysa Gardner In ...

Ten years ago, I would have turned my nose up at the idea that we already understood how to get machines to think. In the 2010s, my team at Google Research was working on a wide variety of ...