The internal structures of Maba 1 show a combination of morphological features found in various species,” scientists stated ...

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

The study, published in the American Journal of Biological Anthropology ... interpret cultural changes through the course of human evolution. "We are so used to trying to prove that humans ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Scientists have documented the way a single gene in the bacterium that causes bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, allowed it to ...

A 300,000-year-old skull found in China may belong to a completely unknown human species—rewriting everything we thought we ...

For instance, the authors note that the skull’s “general morphology is closer to H. erectus than to later encephalized ...

Human children take longer to mature because of evolutionary advantages such as brain development, learning, and cooperation.

Human behavior is a tapestry woven from culture, environment, and biology. Among the most intriguing aspects of this tapestry is risk-taking—those bold, sometimes reckless decisions that can lead to ...

The research was published Wednesday in Science Advances. The findings show there wasn't a simple "evolution in hand function where you start off with more ‘ape-like’ and end up more ‘human-like,’” ...

he entered the graduate program in anthropology at the University ... including “The Role of Human Social Behavior in the Evolution of the Brain” (1975). Image Dr. Holloway published ...

In addition to their analysis of human evolutionary history ... to explore how their findings relate to other discoveries in anthropology, such as fossil evidence from Africa that suggests ...