It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He found a creative way to prove it.

Ancient DNA analysis challenges our understanding of the ancient Phoenician-Punic civilization. An international team of researchers analyzing genome-wide data from 210 ancient individuals has found ...

A detailed explanation of the evolutionary timeline, starting from the very first primates all the way to us modern humans. 85 million years of evolution in one concise video.

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...

New research suggests upright walking helps human creativity in several ways including with music, rhythm, and communication.

The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range ...

The question of whether non-human animals have a sense of fairness has been widely debated. Some studies suggest that ...