There’s an evolutionary reason behind wisdom teeth and why they cause so much trouble today.

The discovery was made in December 2023 when a hiker stumbled upon a skull near St. Paul's Church and Economy Lane.

A young woman who lived and died more than 2,000 years ago left behind remains in China that are unlike any we've seen previously.

Most people think of crocodilians as living fossils—stubbornly unchanged, prehistoric relics that have ruled the world's swampiest corners for millions of years. But their evolutionary history tells a ...

In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has undergone five mass extinctions and we are potentially in a sixth era of mass death. Today’s crocodylians are the surviving members of a lineage called ...

Responding officers confirmed the bones appeared to be human remains, Roxeanne Vainuku, the department's deputy director of communication, tells PEOPLE. She adds that the medical examiner's office was ...