Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...

The Toba supereruption 74,000 years ago was so massive it may have plunged Earth into years of darkness and cold, leading some scientists to believe humanity nearly went extinct. Yet archaeological ...

Scientists wanted to know why the chatter of Alston’s singing mice sounds so much like human conversation. What they found ...

New research on primate social structures and brain anatomy is offering deeper insights into the evolutionary pathways of humans. Studies on baboons, macaques, and chimpanzees reveal complex social ...

New research proposes the Brain-First Hypothesis: the evolution of the brain drove animal diversification during the Cambrian ...

This happened to me a few days ago. I am talking to a Gen Z (born between 1997 and 2012) on the phone about a trip we were planning. She seemed fragmented, texting her parents while speaking with me, ...

For example, ancient survival scripts make us perceive threats to our reputation as life or death challenges. Such anachronistic reactions produce unnecessary anxiety, conflict and stress. Becoming ...

A genetic study of a prehistoric burial site near Paris reveals a sharp break between two populations, suggesting a major ...

Human brains have been shrinking since prehistoric times, some studies suggest. Whether this is true and why it has happened ...