As Earth approaches warmer levels experienced earlier in its geologic history, it may be bad news for human survival.

A specific gene variant seen in people is likely one of many that contributed to the development of language in modern humans ...

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Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Selective breeding over the past century has shortened and flattened the snouts of German domestic pigs. Though not an ...

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

Scientists have identified a tiny genetic change—present in nearly all living humans but absent in our closest extinct ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

A new book offers an unsettling account of human exceptionalism and shows that the unique ways we gamble with risks and move out of our comfort zones may yet be our downfall.

Humans have evolved an exceptionally high metabolic rate, unlike any other known animal. Unlike primates that conserve energy ...

The secrets of human brain evolution are beginning to be unveiled thanks to a recent study. Researchers have explored key genetic regions to understand what sets us apart from chimpanzees. A team from ...

Neanderthals lost genetic diversity around 110,000 years ago. Researchers confirmed this by studying fossilized inner ears.