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

Far below the waves, where sunlight never reaches, a fragment of bone has forced scientists to redraw parts of the human ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...

“Burns are a uniquely human injury. No other species lives alongside high temperatures and the regular risk of burning in the ...

(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

We humans have long viewed ourselves as the pinnacle of evolution. People label other species as “primitive” or “ancient” and use terms like “higher” and “lower” animals. This anthropocentric ...