The two most ancient fossil humans known are Sinanthropus pekinensis, the old man of China, and Pithecanthropus erectus, the ape man of Java. Their ages have been variously put at 400,000 to ...

SOUTH WALES, N.Y. — A Western New York man has been awarded the prestigious Carnegie Medal for Heroism, North America's highest civilian honor for bravery. Charles Sergel of Java Village is one ...

A lightning strike killed one man and hurt more than a dozen people Thursday night in Jackson Township. CBS News New York's Christina Fan has the latest.

The man who died after being struck by lightning Wednesday night at an Ocean County archery range was an instructor teaching young Cub Scouts about the sport, according to a report by NBC.

Pithecanthropus erectus, the 500,000-year-old Java ape-man and first of humanoid type discovered, whose thighbone, skull-top, and grinding teeth are in the private possession of Dr. Eugen Dubois ...