Dredging operations off the coast of Java, Indonesia, unearthed a treasure trove of thousands of animal fossils, including ...

Homo sapiens: we’ve been through a lot these past 300,000 or so years. Now we have our own TV show.

Human opinion formation has evolved to favor survival and social cohesion. Understanding this enables us to develop more ...

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most revealing discoveries that have changed our understanding of our early ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

This exploration delves into how the brains of our ancient ancestors laid the foundation for modern human thinking and ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

In 1929, archaeologists discovered the 140,000-year-old skeleton of a young girl in Skhūl Cave. The researchers believed her ...

Screen-centric lifestyles may be influencing human evolution through impacts on cognition, sleep, reproduction, and the microbiome, reshaping natural selection.

What if humans didn’t have to suffer the slow-burning fire of chronic inflammation as we age? A surprising study on two types ...