There are at least 30 facial expressions for emotions that can be recognized anywhere in the world.
The business tycoon and inventor is aiming to have humans set foot on Mars within as little as 12 years.
Early humans may have relied on domesticated dogs to help them hunt down and kill woolly mammoths.
The space agency has emphasized that sending humans to the Red Planet is still its primary mission.
Scientists have determined that the human nose is far more capable than previously believed.
Were we solely responsible for the species' extinction or were there other factors at work ?
Google's Ray Kurzweil has claimed that within 15 years we will be interacting with intelligent computers.
Researchers have discovered that we possess up to one fifth of our prehistoric cousins' genetic code.
In terms of physical prowess, dolphins are able to put even the strongest human athletes to shame.
A new fossil discovery suggests that humans were not the only species capable of complex speech.
A new study has revealed that burying the deceased was a behavior shared by our Neanderthal cousins.
Evolutionary biologists believe that some animals possess superior cognitive abilities to humans.
The company aiming to send humans on a one-way Mars trip is set to launch a robotic mission by 2018.
One of the world's leading hybridization experts believes that humans did not evolve entirely from apes.
A NASA sponsored mission concept aims to send humans to explore Phobos within the next 11 years.
The world's oldest known throwing spear tips appear to predate the human race by 85,000 years.
Scientists have warned that future generations could be a lot shorter than people who are alive today.
A skull dating back 1.8 million years has offered new insights in to the story of human evolution.
Naturalist Sir David Attenborough believes that natural selection in humans has all but stopped.
New research suggests that dogs can sense fatigue and are able to join humans in bouts of yawning.