Nearly 250 years ago, Europeans established their first permanent settlement in Australia and came into contact with the continent’s Aboriginal people. Now, a new study published in Science Advances ...

A groundbreaking genetic study confirms modern humans arrived in Australia approximately 60,000 years ago, settling a ...

Non-profit OCEARCH is tracking Bella, a 10-foot, 700-pound female great white shark, as she makes her southern migration towards a popular tourist destination.

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

In the north, distinctive lineages such as M27, M28, and M29′Q trace deep roots in New Guinea and Near Oceania, while in the ...

A groundbreaking DNA study, published this week, suggests that the first humans to reach the ancient landmass called Sahul – ...

Debate has long surrounded when humans first traveled into Sahul, the ancient landmass that is now Australia, New Guinea and ...

New genetic research confirms modern humans arrived in Australia 60,000 years ago and may have even interbred with archaic human species like "hobbits." ...

Mastodon bone damage and unusual dating evidence fuel debate about whether humans arrived in North America far earlier than previously believed, challenging long-accepted migration timelines. Pupils ...

The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed that a resident of Grays Harbor County is the first person in the U.S. known to be infected with the H5N5 strain of avian influenza. The ...

AMSTERDAM, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Kissing did not begin with star-crossed human lovers but with the primate ancestors of great apes around 20 million years ago, according to a study published on Wednesday ...