First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 14, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

Maba 1] is well-known for the Neanderthal-like face, while its neurocranium shows affinities with many hominin taxa, which ...

Faith is neither true nor false. History seeks the truth. Myth is about faith. So when people ask if myths are real, they are ...

Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate.

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

Scientists have successfully extracted ancient proteins from two-million-year-old teeth, a breakthrough providing previously unobtainable details on ...

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

I understand the allure of using technology to build something better and smarter than us. But in doing so, we must be ...