The extinct animal's face structure could help explain how vertebrates, including ourselves, evolved our distinctive look.

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

A group of Stanford researchers are harnessing the sound of mothers' voices for infants born weeks or months prematurely, ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

All children and families served by Head Start set to lose under new rule adopted by the Trump Administration.

A new study suggests that exposure to lead may have limited brain and language development in Neanderthals, but a gene ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Hearing the sound of their mother's voice promotes development of language pathways in a premature baby's brain, according to ...

Look, I’m going to level with you: When I first heard someone suggest teaching kids to “pretend they’re wearing a cape,” I thought it was going to be one of those cutesy parenting tips that sounds ...

LEWISBURG, Pa. — Behind Summit Early Learning in Lewisburg, kids are just being kids. They are exploring the new outdoor learning environment that was built not that long ago. Executive Director Doug ...

Digital reconstruction of a crushed skull from an ancient human relative could rewrite the timeline of human evolution, researchers said. A cranium dubbed Yunxian 2 was found in the Yunxian region of ...