New research suggests we evolved from a primitive species of shark that lived 300 million years ago.
Scientists have succeeded in growing human bone in a lab using stem cells taken from fat tissue.
It isn't just humans that suffer from conditions like arthritis, even the dinosaurs suffered from it.
Brain scans are being used on dogs for the first time to explore how they think and react to humans.
A crucial gene that would have lead to human speech and invention has been identified by scientists.
A new exhibition will showcase Leonardo Da Vinci's remarkably accurate drawings of the human body.
Scientists working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience are studying human speech.
Scientists are looking to fertilise human egg cells that they have succeeded in growing in a lab.
The fossilised bones from a 3.4 million-year-old human ancestor have been found in Africa.
Scientists describe how the scops owl species flourished but was driven to extinction by humans.
The fossil remains of what is believed to be a new species of human have been unearthed.
As our population grows in excess of seven billion are we really vulnerable to extinction ?
A Russian entrepreneur is developing a means with which to allow a human to inhabit a robot.
Eagles have such good eyesight that they are able to see an ant from the top of a 10-story building.
It has been suggested that dolphins are so intelligent that they should have their own bill of rights.
The most dangerous predator to ever walk the planet is mankind - but what can animals do in defense ?
What would the world be like if humans were not the only sentient, intelligent species to exist today ?
A team in the United States has found that the human tongue is capable of 'tasting' fat molecules.
What would the world be like if humans were twice as intelligent as they are today ? What would change ?
It's a standard part of our bodies that we don't give much thought to, but just why do we have a chin ?