Scientists have recovered genetic material from a skull found in northeastern China, which they say reveals the most complete ...

When the “Peking Man” fossils went missing during World War II, the loss was considered one of the greatest tragedies in the history of paleoanthropology. After almost 80 years of searching ...

The fossil was still at the college when the air raid destroyed it during World War II. The only remaining record of the fossil was an original illustration from 1819 — or so scientists thought ...

English students who wish to know what their German colleagues think of recent discoveries of fossil man will be somewhat disappointed when they consult this work. Its author, Prof. Werth, who has ...

Fossils unearthed from a Polish cave suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago. Previous ...

Fossil Man in Spain.. By Prof. Hugo Obermaier. (Published for the Hispanic Society of America.) Pp. xxviii + 495 + 23 plates. (New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Oxford University Press ...

Russia’s war in Ukraine impacts everyone, everywhere. We’re tracking the global fallout. I am Kenneth R. Rosen, a contributing editor with Coda Story. In this edition, the war spurred an ...

The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of "Ushikawa Man," thought to be some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, are not what scientists believed they were, new research finds. Instead, they are ...

World leaders at climate talks in Dubai invoked faith, science and economics in their calls for a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. By David Gelles Reporting from the United Nations climate ...

In a direct challenge to fossil fuel-aligned nations, the U.N. chief said the only way to limit warming to the goal set in 2015 in Paris — 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) since the start of ...