The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Used by our early human ancestors around 430,000 years ago, the earliest known hand-held wooden tools have been uncovered by ...

Humans and chimpanzees share the capacity for genocide, which is rooted in the evolution of higher thought and the separation ...

© Philipp Gunz/MPI EVA Leipzig Who came before us? This question has always intrigued scientists. Fossils recently unearthed ...

A 5,500-year-old skeleton from Colombia has revealed the oldest known genome of the bacterium linked to syphilis and related diseases. The ancient strain doesn’t fit neatly into modern categories, ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.

The Artemis 2 astronauts will venture deeper into space than any human has gone before. That presents some seriously exciting ...

OLLOBOT reports on the rise of cyber-pets, AI-driven companions reshaping relationships in a digital age, signaling evolving ...

CT scans also indicate Archaeopteryx had nerve endings in the end of its beak—part of what’s known as a bill-tip organ. Again ...

A fossil jaw found in Ethiopia shows Paranthropus ranged far north, challenging long-held ideas about early human relatives ...

Our evolved craving for cause and effect once ensured survival but now fuels misunderstanding. Learning to favor correlation ...