I recently learned the literal translation for the two-part Latin term, “homo sapiens.” I knew “homo” in Latin means “man,” representing “humans” more generally. I also knew that in Greek, “homo” has ...

Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

Instead of hunting big game or wielding fire, the hobbit-like hominin Homo floresiensis likely scavenged leftovers of prey ...

Discoveries at a Üçağızlı II cave in southern Turkey suggest that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens made similar tools, hunted the same animals and both collected shells.

Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

Almost a quarter of a century ago, archaeologists discovered the remains of an ancient man about 1 m tall on the Indonesian island of Flores. The find turned out to be so unusual that many experts ...

The phrase 'a lump in your throat' describes a real physical sensation. This tightness occurs when strong emotions overwhelm ...

Researchers fed a Komodo dragon a goat to figure out if Homo floresiensis truly were the hunters they were originally thought to be. Researchers thought that the ancient human relative known as Homo ...

A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely ...

According to a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Neanderthals and Homo sapiens ...

A Sandia Park psychologist's new book reveals how our bonds with dogs shape the way we connect with other humans.

Prenatal estrogen brain development research: two studies in Early Human Development find that first-trimester maternal ...