Biological and technological upgrades could eventually turn us in to a race of cybernetic immortals.
The CIA has pulled the plug on a project designed to investigate climate-related security threats.
New evidence suggests that dogs may have been man's best friend for far longer than previously thought.
Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
Local folklore in Southern England tells of a mysterious humanoid creature covered in hair and leaves.
Stephen Hawking believes that intelligent robots could be on course to destroy human civilization.
Anthropologists believe that they have identified the oldest samples of human skin ever discovered.
A case is set to be brought to the New York State Supreme Court to argue that chimps are 'legal persons'.
Scientists have been investigating human hibernation as a way to enable long-haul space trips.
Chimpanzees in southeastern Senegal have become quite adept at making their own weapons.
Computer scientist Valery Spiridonov is set to become the first man in history to undergo the procedure.
New research suggests that the human chin may have resulted from our ability to cook and soften food.
A DNA analysis suggests that a woman known as Zana may have been from a long lost human subspecies.
Our distant ancestors came in a variety of different shapes and sizes, just like modern humans do today.
A genome study has pinpointed when mankind's most recent common male ancestor would have lived.
Scientists have proposed a rather unorthodox way of prospecting for gold and other valuable metals.
The discovery has pushed back the emergence of the earliest humans by up to 400,000 years.
The early domestication of wolves by modern humans may have tipped the balance in our favor.
A leading surgeon believes it will soon be possible to perform a real-life head transplant on a human.
Google's DeepMind AI is now capable of playing several Atari 2600 games as skillfully as a human.