One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

The Julurens — or “big head” people — are twisting scientists’ long-accepted understanding of human evolution.

It takes a huge amount of energy for human brains to grow to their current large size and be maintained over time. Our early ...

In a stunning revelation, researchers have uncovered a new human species that is set to revolutionize our understanding of ...

Could another group of ancient humans have lived alongside Homo sapiens? A new study suggests that they did, and scientists ...

“We know the community of microbes living in the large intestine can produce compounds that affect aspects of human biology – ...

Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely ...

Crying has long captivated human curiosity. Ancient texts from the Old Testament describe tears as a physical transformation ...

Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.

Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between species.

More than a million years ago, on a hot savanna teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake ...