A skull from China has been identified as Denisovan using molecular evidence – so ancient humans once known solely from their ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs to this group, after examining preserved DNA and proteins ...

The new study, published in Cell by Qiaomei Fu and colleagues, is the first to definitively link a nearly complete human ...

A 1699 letter from an enslaved boy portrayed in a 17th-century painting sheds light on Black identity and agency in early ...

Have we broken the natural contract between humans and rivers? The nature writer debates our relationship with the world’s waterways that inspired his latest book, Is A River Alive?

King Charles offered a rare glimpse into his royal office while recording a BBC message, showcasing his personality through decor and details ...

It was the time of actors and actresses who still delight us even 70-80 years later. They were beautiful and elegant, so we ...

A closer look at lion evolution offers hope for saving the big cats. For the first time, scientists sequenced the genomes of 20 individual lions, including extinct cave lions, revealing insights ...