South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) -- Educated as a geologist in her native Hungary, Eniko Farkas knows, understands and firmly believes in the science behind evolution. Still, she was caught off guard last year when ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - From the ancient oud to modern day electric axes, humans have been playing some variation of the guitar for thousands of years. That history, and the many forms the guitar has taken, ...

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Explore the museum and hear inside stories on what it took to refurbish the 1930s Art Deco building, how stunning new exhibits combine with legacy museum displays to tell the story of 600 million ...

Groundbreaking new research from the Museums Victoria Research Institute has turned upside down our previous understanding of the evolution of the largest animals ever––baleen whales. Palaeontologists ...