The findings remind us that our minds are not the products of brains in a vat, but the result of bodies in motion. As ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Bipedal locomotion - walking upright on two legs - is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind's success. Scientists now ...

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only ...

A driver walked away with only minor injuries after a tree fell on his car in Lincoln. WBZ-TV's Juli McDonald reports.

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil ...

A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with ...

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

Like using training wheels on a bicycle, human ancestors may have practiced their gait up in trees where they could grasp ...