Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

Research in Honduras shows that humans began selecting for larger fruits with thicker rinds as early as 7,500 years ago—long ...

The researchers suggested that only after using naturally sharp stones for cutting did ancient humans faced selective pressure that led them to start knapping their own stone tools.

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

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

Austrian researchers reveal why snow monkeys don't suffer maternal deaths during childbirth, offering insights into safer ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

Human creators are already competing for attention among the AI slop that’s become pervasive across platforms like Pinterest ...

With continued excavation at Swartkrans, researchers hope to uncover more of SWT1/HR-2’s skeleton, which could further ...

The Trump administration's cuts to foreign aid have defunded groups that campaign for LGBTQ+ communities and for democracy ...