Did the early Australians really tread the continent 65,000 years ago, or does their genetic history tell a different story? The intersection of ancient DNA and archaeology is reshaping this ...

Adaptations in the placenta and the way it produces sex steroid hormones may have been crucial for our brain's evolution, and for the emergence of the cognitive and social traits that make us human." ...

But the advantage of human placentas over those of other primates has been less clear,” noted Professor Graham Burton. That advantage may lie in hormone levels. Studies show that oestrogen levels in ...

In Mothers and Others, the most important book on human evolution published this century, the outstanding Darwinian feminist Sarah Hrdy gives a convincing account of how, why and when this happened.

More information: The placental steroid hypothesis of human brain evolution, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (2025). DOI: 10.1002/evan.70003 ...

This discovery, published in Science Advances, suggests that the human capacity for language may not be as unique as once thought. It seems that the roots of language complexity may extend deeper into ...

For a long time, it has not been clear whether this slower healing rate was unique to our species or was shared with other primates. This is where Matsumoto-Oda’s work is important.

Human wounds take longer to heal than the wounds of other mammals, researchers find. That could be because we have fewer hair follicles, and stem cells in hair follicles help regrow skin after an ...

Light helps explain the evolution of our skin colour, why some of us have curly hair, and even the size of our eyes. As we'll explore in future articles in this series, light helps shape our mood, our ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Evidence of ancient controlled fires and burnt animal bones can shed light on when humans ...

The researchers will also work with K-12 students in Puerto Rico to teach them about evolution and bones during scheduled visits to the Caribbean Primate Research Center in Puerto Rico. Paul directs ...

The evolution of self-control is not so clear in an invertebrate like the cuttlefish, which typically doesn't live to see its third birthday. "Consequently, our understanding of why self-control ...