Scientists studying bonobos reveal that it is not only humans who suffer from diminishing eyesight.
Dominant hand preference appears to date back to a time long before modern humans arrived on the scene.
The US President has reiterated his efforts to send humans to the Red Planet within the coming decades.
Astronauts embarking on missions in to deep space could be at an increased risk of developing dementia.
A new study has suggested that humans may be limited to a maximum lifespan of around 115 years.
The new contest will see teams vying to create a robot that can be 'inhabited' and controlled remotely.
Palaeontologists have identified a prehistoric Titanosaur footprint that is the size of a human torso.
Elon Musk has outlined his extraordinarily ambitious plans to make mankind an interplanetary species.
Scientists have found signs of bone cancer in the fossil remains of an early South African hominin.
Scientists have found a way for two men to reproduce without the need for any female egg at all.
Scientists believe that an early human ancestor discovered 40 years ago died after falling out of a tree.
Road safety authorities have created a model of a human being that has evolved to survive car accidents.
A woman had been out walking her dog when she came across Boston Dynamics' latest humanoid creation.
Neanderthal remains unearthed in Belgium's Goyet caves show indications of cannibalistic behavior.
A researcher in the United States believes he has found evidence of a magnetic 'sixth sense' in humans.
A new robotic suit called Superflex is able to augment the wearer's strength and physical capabilities.
It is hoped that the technique will help to solve the worldwide shortage of human organs for transplant.
Sound technician Tom Peters likes nothing more than to dress up in a latex costume and act like a dog.
New evidence has pushed the arrival of the first humans in the Americas back more than 1,500 years.
The controversial surgical procedure is set to take place at a facility in China as early as next year.