Hashtag-like etchings found on a rock in South Africa's Blombos Cave are thought to be over 100,000 years old.
In a rare case of natural selection in modern humans, the free-diving Bajau people have developed a larger spleen.
Could there have been an advanced civilization on our planet long before mankind appeared on the scene ?
Dennis Muilenburg believes that Boeing will be able to place humans on Mars before Elon Musk's SpaceX.
The ever-ambitious space firm is hoping to see humans walk on the surface of Mars within the next decade.
Two of the largest stones that make up Stonehenge may have actually been at the site for millions of years.
The accidental find highlights just how much there is still left to learn about the workings of the human body.
Scientists at Cambridge University have been working on an emotive human-like robot known as Charles.
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War.
The World Health Organization has highlighted the potential danger of a deadly, as-yet-unknown pathogen.
Covering 11 generations over a period of 500 years, the family tree is thought to be the largest ever created.
A new study has found that Neanderthals, not humans, created the world's oldest known cave paintings.
The research aims to solve donor organ shortages by making it possible to grow human organs inside sheep.
Researchers believe that humanity would be more likely to welcome than fear the discovery of alien life.
The way our ancestors hunted prey may have given them a significant advantage over the Neanderthals.
A prominent US scientist has claimed that a human-chimp hybrid was created in a laboratory in the 1920s.
A 14-year-old orca named Wikie has succeeded in imitating some of the words spoken by her trainer.
The eerily human-like robot has ditched her bald-headed android guise in favor of something more glamorous.
Two identical long-tailed macaques, Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua, have been created by scientists in China.
Astronomers worldwide have criticized the decision to launch a large reflective disco ball in to orbit.