Humans stand apart from many other primates by taking more time to mature, relying on a supportive network during a long ...

A stunning discovery in China is shaking up what we thought we knew about human evolution. Scientists have uncovered a ...

It will be essential for us as a species to maintain superiority, but [...] we are not the pinnacle of creation,” he says.

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

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If you wonder why grandparents care so deeply for their grandchildren, it all began a million years ago in the plains of Africa, writes geriatrician Dr. William Thomas in his book, “What are Old ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

Fred Hutch virologist Keith Jerome, MD, PhD, and evolutionary biologist Jesse Bloom, PhD, were recently elected to the 2025 ...