(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Manuel Domínguez-Rodrigo, Rice University (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 2 million years ...

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 ...

If you crossed paths with Homo ergaster on an East African plain some 1.5 million to 2 million years ago, its silhouette might look a bit familiar. Long legs, a narrow torso, and a heat-adapted frame ...

Found in a Greek cave in 1959, the Petralona skull has puzzled scientists for decades. Dated to nearly 700,000 years ago, it displays features of both Homo erectus and early Homo sapiens. Its age and ...

JUST one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still stands – with the rest lost to plunder, fire, earthquakes and the ...

Paranthropus boisei fossils date to 1.52 million years ago Species was a member of the human evolutionary lineage Fossils show it would have been able to grasp stone tools Oct 17 (Reuters) - ...

Long before the first sparks of civilization — or even humanity as we know it — our ancestors were already inventors. On the ...

A recently released video captured the moment a dog belonging to a North Carolina assistant fire chief ironically sparked a small house fire by chewing on a lithium-ion battery. The Chapel Hill Fire ...

DOZENS OF VEHICLES ARE DAMAGED AFTER A FIRE AT A SALVAGE YARD IN CANDIA. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO RAYMOND ROAD AROUND 630 THIS MORNING. OFFICIALS SAY 47 VEHICLES WERE INVOLVED AND AN ESTIMATED 28 ...

At least 20 people were killed when a bus caught fire on a highway in western India, police said. The bus, carrying 57 passengers, was traveling from tourist cities of Jaisalmer to Jodhpur in the ...

A Thursday evening fire at the BP Whiting refinery caused internal sirens and flares to go off, a social media post from the company announced Friday morning. “The BP Whiting refinery responded to an ...

TO GIVE THEM A CALL. LET’S HEAD TO FOX CHAPEL NOW, WHERE CREWS ARE INVESTIGATING WHAT LED TO A HOUSE FIRE. SKY 4 PITTSBURGH’S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER OVER THAT SCENE ALONG DORSEYVILLE ROAD. THAT FIRE BROKE ...