The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

The idea of a missing evolutionary link between humans and apes is both compelling and persistent, but the truth is more ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

Using new radiocarbon dating on ancient footprints found preserved in the gypsum-rich ground in White Sands, researchers have ...

Scientists discovered human footprints preserved in ancient mud at White Sands, New Mexico. These footprints appear to date back to the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) – a period during the last Ice Age ...

This week, a fossilized skull offers new clues about a mysterious prehistoric human species, astronomers unlock missing matter, methane fuels sea spiders’ diet, and more.

Hundreds of Neanderthal fossils give us a good idea of their appearance, lives and relationships, but so little is known about Denisovans that they still don’t have an official scientific name ...

“The human brain is remarkable and unique, but it does not develop in a vacuum.” “Adaptations in the placenta and the way it produces sex steroid hormones may have been crucial for our brain’s ...

"This new hypothesis takes this further in arguing that these hormones may have also shaped the evolution of the human brain," he said in the press release. Testing the theory To test this theory, ...

Scientific research is a continuous journey fueled by curiosity and collaboration, a conversation between scientists that often crosses continents and spans decades, with each new discovery inspired ...

Governments should use the Bonn talks to commit to ambitious climate plans that set out concrete milestones, such as ending new fossil fuel exploration and licensing, phasing out government ...

The human fascination with rhythm is an integral element in humanity’s pattern-identifying abilities—abilities that have enabled our species to evolve apart from other organisms.