In the past decade, a burst of research has debunked the unflattering reputation 19th-century scientists pinned on Neanderthals. We now know that they were creative, caring, and cognitively similar to ...

In mice, blood cell production occurs via strings and clusters of cells within the bone marrow that are responsible for producing specific blood cell types, according to a far-reaching study led by ...

Researchers have identified the biological process of mineralization that occurs in a young coral that shifts from the plankton (swimming) stage to the 'settled' stage in which it forms the skeleton ...

A new study published in the journal Nature Wednesday suggests that a 31,000-year-old young adult skeleton found on the Indonesian island of Borneo could be the earliest known example of human ...

A federal judge has ordered the U.S. government to let scientists study one of the oldest skeletons ever found in North America. The ruling, which overturned a decision by government officials to give ...

I listened carefully as the voice seemed to have irreversible confidence that its owner had found directions to the fountain of youth. Later I went back and found the written transcript – “We know we ...