A Neanderthal who lived more than 120,000 years ago had a tumor in a bone, the earliest of its kind in the human fossil record, a new study reports. The tumor, which was discovered in the rib of a Neanderthal ... Read more
A Neanderthal who lived more than 120,000 years ago had cancer of the bones, in the earliest known incidence of the disease found in the human fossil record, a new study reports. The bone tumor, which was ... Read more
A nearly complete skeleton of a tiny, ancient primate — one that weighed no more than an ounce, had a tail longer than its body and would fit in the palm of your hand — is the earliest ... Read more
A nearly complete skeleton of a tiny, ancient primate — one that weighed no more than an ounce, had a tail longer than its body and would fit in the palm of your hand — is the earliest ... Read more
Since its discovery in 1860, Archaeopteryx was widely considered to be the earliest known bird. But in 2009 a team of scientists decided it was more dinosaurlike than avian. Because of its reptilian metabolism ... Read more
Allosaurus, a smaller cousin of Tyrannosaurus rex, was a dexterous hunter that tugged at prey like a modern-day falcon, showing far more sophisticated table manners than T. rex, researchers are reporting. ... Read more
Modern mothers love to debate how long to breast-feed, a topic that stirs both guilt and pride. Now — in a very preliminary finding — the Neanderthals are weighing in. By looking at ... Read more
In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a ... Read more
In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a ... Read more
In the hope of reconstructing a pivotal step in evolution — the colonization of land by fish that learned to walk and breathe air — researchers have decoded the genome of the coelacanth, a ... Read more