By now, it’s firmly established that modern humans and their Neanderthal relatives met and mated as our ancestors expanded ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

A millisecond delay in the speed of nerve impulses from the legs of a jogger can lead to a loss of balance with the potential for a severe or even fatal fall; a disturbance in the smooth interplay of ...

The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...

The humans who move to Mars might not remain "human" for very long. Evolution is a powerful force, transcending planetary boundaries. As Rice University biologist Scott Solomon points out in his ...

The curious minds at What If compress the evolution of humans into just 20 minutes, exploring adaptation, migration, and future evolution. The moment Trump found out the Supreme Court killed his ...

A new website called Moltbook has become the talk of Silicon Valley and a Rorschach test for belief in the state of artificial intelligence. By Cade Metz Reporting from San Francisco Last Wednesday, ...

RABAT — A newly announced fossil discovery is further cementing Morocco’s central place in the prehistory of humanity. On Jan. 7, Moroccan and international researchers revealed the unearthing of ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly dependent on increases in prenatal estrogen—revealed by looking at the length ...

Even Charles Darwin was puzzled by the evolution of the vertebrate eye. New research suggests that it traces back to a ...