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A new study of vertebrate evolution reveals that we have more in common with spooky-looking fish called lampreys than we thought.

An analysis of a lava tube in Saudi Arabia reveals that humans have lived there for at least 7,000 years.

If we continue on our current trajectory, the sixth mass extinction is inevitable and the times we're living through now will be part of that geological period.

Geneticists have critiqued a study suggesting extinct Javan tigers are still alive, but the search is just beginning.

There are many mysteries surrounding Europe's hunter-gatherers, but farming played a role in their demise.

Researchers say they've identified a kind of fat that plays a major role in aging and can be controlled with short-term exercise.

In a rare observation, scientists found a baby star "sneezing" gas, dust and magnetic energy out of its disk. This behavior could help solve a longstanding mystery about how stars form without tearing themselves apart.

A new DNA study of living and historical members of the Blackfoot Confederacy in the U.S. and Canada suggests that they share a lineage with people from the last ice age.

Experts explain what the expected FDA ban on formaldehyde in hair-straightening products really means for everyday Americans.