Humans have established a permanent presence on nearly every continent, but how would the world be different if we had stayed ...

However, a pair of fossilized skull fragments recently found off the Javanese coast are helping experts recontextualize the ...

Researchers uncover new evidence of how ancient human relatives in South Africa used their hands, revealing varying levels of ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands. Researchers investigated variation in finger bone morphology to determine that South ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

An 80,000-year-old bone spear tip, unearthed in Russia, challenges previous assumptions about Neanderthal capabilities. This ...

Everyone’s seen Rudolph Zallinger’s “The March of Progress” illustration showcasing the evolution of humans: from early ...

The beginning of Homo sapiens belief in gods did not start with a sense of awe, as primitive human beings observed the sun and moon with a sense of wonder. That is too philosophical. More likely it ...

If you ever travel back in time to hang out with Homo sapiens around 41,000 years ago, pack some sunscreen – or better yet, a ...

One ambitious company has a plan to establish a colony of adventurous humans beneath the sea, but scientists have some doubts ...

A 2022 study from the same research team showed that chimpanzees can drum on the buttress roots of trees. Drumming on these large tree roots that grow above the soil can produce low frequency sounds.

Currently, we Homo sapiens are the only living hominin ... This experience puts you into the minds of our hominin ancestors, trying to tackle one of the earliest problems our lineage faced: getting a ...