A microbiology professor who helped eradicate smallpox has claimed we will be extinct within only 100 years.
An airline worker made the gruesome discovery of up to 60 human heads during a routine security check.
A top scientist has warned that the limits of the human brain may prevent us from learning the secrets of the universe.
A new study has suggested that pet dogs are so reliant on humans that they can no longer think for themselves.
New research has boosted the so-called "thermal hypothesis" that argues humans first walked upright due to the heat.
One of the panels in the Sistine Chapel may hold a hidden illustration of the human brain by Michelangelo.
In the late 20th century a group of scientists devised plans to send humans on a trip to the outer solar system.
Fossil fragments have been found of Homo gautengensis, the oldest known genus of the human species.
NASA have revealed plans to send a humanoid robot to walk on the surface of the moon within 3 years.
Modern humans could owe their existence to a mass extinction of fish that happened 360 million years ago.
Scientists have warned that domestic household robots of the future could pose a threat to humans.
A new proposal by several Japanese companies is aiming to put an android on the moon within just 5 years.
Today's humans could actually be part neanderthal claims a new study suggesting neanderthals mated with our ancestors.
According to a recent worldwide poll 1 in 5 adults believe aliens are here on Earth disguised as humans.
India's Chandrayaan-1 has found tunnels below the surface of the Moon that could one day be a home to humans.
Are humans born with an innate susceptibility for religious beliefs ? How does this factor in to belief as an adult ?
A new species of hominid thought to bridge the gap between prehistoric and modern humans has been found.
Maverick environmentalist James Lovelock has claimed that we are not clever enough to handle global warming.
A recent DNA test performed on the Starchild skull has allegedly revealed that the father wasn't human.
A finger bone found in Siberia has revealed the DNA of a completely new type of human from 40,000 years ago.