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The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Researchers have successfully regenerated skeletal and connective tissue, although the new tissue was not perfectly formed.

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

There is an old adage that goes, "you are what you eat," meaning that the food you consume helps build your body and fuel ...

A microbiologist named João Pedro de Magalhães proposed the idea that the reign of dinosaurs forced mammals to speed up their ...

From rigid brow ridges to expressive arches, your eyebrows tell a story of how human faces evolved to signal emotion, ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...