For thousands of years, humans have come together in small group to feast on food. Why is it important – and why do we still ...

The newly described nesidiochernes fissuricola is a type of pseudoscorpion. The tiny creatures were observed during a ...

Lucy may be the best-known prehuman fossil in the world. But other famous fossils have given us important insight into our ...

So cool” reads the legend scrawled on the final page of my notes from the morning I spent in Tate Modern’s new exhibition, ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

From Korea to Ghana, discover the countries with similar holidays to Thanksgiving – and exactly how they celebrate ...

At some point, we’ve all wondered how many partners someone’s been with. But are we actually curious, or are we stuck in an ancestral rut?

La Croix International: What spiritual relationship can African Christians have with their ancestors? Should they venerate their ancestors? Alexis Kasereka Valyanmugheni: Communion, veneration ...

History shows these lizards evolved between 199.6 and 145.5 million years ago but the most prominent ancestors of these ...

The 3.2-million-year-old fossil, discovered 50 years ago, is considered to be one of the most significant early hominin ...

A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

Charlie Butterworth, aged 29, is the latest in a long line of people who've run Bolton's oldest pub after he took up the post 10 months ago.