Genetic ancestry is a concept that has long captured people’s imaginations. It’s no surprise that it’s been turned into a booming industry by companies like 23andMe and Ancestry.com. Customers of ...

An ancient woman thought to have hailed from sub-Saharan Africa and therefore to have been the first known Black Briton actually had fairer skin and was from southern England, researchers using new ...

A faded label suggested the bones had been unearthed at the nearby Beachy Head cliffs sometime in the 1950s, though specific details of the original excavation had been lost to time. What followed was ...

We’ve got the Wally Lewis Medal. We’ve introduced the Rowdys. Now let’s celebrate the inaugural Choppys, in honor of that ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Here’s a brain-teaser: the name “Jesus” would have meant absolutely nothing to the man from Nazareth himself. In fact, the letter “J” never existed during his era. For anyone who’s ever wondered how ...

Today, December 17, is the 47th birthday of renowned boxer and former senator Emmanuel “Manny” Dapidran Pacquiao, widely regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served one ...

Over the last 12 months our scientists have been busy cataloguing the extraordinary diversity of life on Earth.

A Hanukkah celebration on warm summer's evening at Sydney's Bondi Beach became a scene of horror on Sunday when gunmen opened ...

This feature traces the afterlife of Tipu Sultan beyond the battlefield — from the grandeur of the Jamboo Savari and his ...

Pamela Anderson has revealed she is eager to honour her family history and change her surname. The model and actress is best ...

At just nine years old, Johnny Farace entered the basement gym of the Corn Palace to learn the sport of boxing.