Jackson Njau's fascination with human origins started as a curious teen growing up a few hours from one of the most famous archaeological sites in the world. Now a pioneering paleoanthropologist at ...

The find itself dates to between 70,000 and 80,000 years ago. It was a time when Neanderthals roamed a still-cooling Europe.

After being involved in a scary crash into the wall on Monday night that resulted in a broken left forearm, rookie left ...

New fossil evidence suggests echidnas evolved from a water-dwelling ancestor, not a land-based one. The bone structure ...

A small bone found 30 years ago at Dinosaur Cove could revolutionize our understanding of echidnas and platypuses' evolution.

As the world's only surviving egg-laying mammals, Australasia's platypus and four echidna species are among the most extraordinary animals on ...

A study of a 100-million-year-old bone suggests the ancient relative of the echidna and the platypus was semiaquatic — and ...

One bone, a left upper arm, had been turned into a musical rasp, similar to those found in ancient Mexico. Carved with 29 notches and a zigzag pattern, it likely produced sound when scraped and may ...