The story of human evolution is far from a straight line — it’s a complex web of species, adaptations, and interconnections. New fossil discoveries and genetic studies are reshaping our understanding ...

As you may have heard via a barrage of internet memes, evolution can't get enough of crab-like forms. The body shape of crabs ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits. The biggest ever study of ancient human DNA shows ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has been selecting for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV and leprosy in humans, according to a new study. When you purchase through links ...

Homo erectus may have deliberately selected rocks embedded with fossils and crystals to craft their hand axes — possibly to serve as mediators between humans and the cosmos. When you purchase through ...

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Rivers do not just move water; they act as nature's hard drives, saving a permanent record of what happens on the surface. When toxic chemicals settle into the mud at the riverbed, they create a ...

For years, one site in southern Chile has shaped how we think about the first people in the Americas. The site sat at the center of a big idea: humans reached South America earlier than once believed, ...

At a recent meeting of C-level power industry executives, the term AI Enabled Humans was presented as a way of answering the question, “Will AI take over my job?”. I really love the term because it ...

Monte Verde site. Credit: Geología Valdivia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 A new study is reshaping the debate over when humans first settled South America. Researchers say one of the most important ...