According to a statement released by the University of Tübingen, an international team of researchers who evaluated a fossil femur unearthed at the site of Azmaka in southern Bulgaria suggests that it ...

If you've ever wondered what it would be like to natter with a Neanderthal or have a heart-to-heart with Homo Erectus, then ...

SpeakEasy Stage's latest production examines humanity's past and potential future interactions with artificial intelligence.

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

In her new book, Darkology, historian Rhae Lynn Barnes writes about how blackface and minstrel shows became one of the most popular forms of entertainment in 19th- and 20th-century America.

Exhibits discussing slavery and the Founding Fathers' ownership of enslaved people are seen at the President's House at ...

From candles that drop metal nails to the knocker uppers of industrial Britain, people devised plenty of cunning ways to ensure a timely wake-up before alarm clocks came along.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video on Monday that was a parody of ...

Scientists discovered some of the oldest bony fish fossils in China. The fossils explain the early history of animals with backbones.

The lines, right angles and other mysterious designs required careful planning and robust cognitive abilities, according to a new study ...

A single femur found in Bulgaria appears to represent an ape or early hominin that walked on two legs before any known African hominin, but the evidence is far from conclusive ...