Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological ...

Among the myriad of actions performed exclusively by humans, crying appears to be the most enigmatic. While no other animals ...