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

The five-part series examines how we, as Homo sapiens, went from being just one of many types of human to becoming the ...

A decomposing human body can release a significant amount of nutrients into the soil, enriching it for plant growth.

Students and parents alike are making the most of their weekend by dropping by the Star Education Fair 2025 in Johor Baru on ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain—have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our ...

Some scientists now believe a single viral mutation could rapidly generate a whole new form of life challenging everything we ...

A remarkable scientific discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. The analysis of an incredibly preserved ancient skull, dubbed 'Dragon Man,' is providing unprecedented genetic ...

New research suggests a magnetic pole reversal 41k years ago caused harmful radiation. Homo sapiens adapted with clothing and ochre, while Neanderthals didn't.

The Tree of Life Max Telford (John Murray (UK) W. W. Norton (US, 11 November)) Most of us can imagine a tree of life; some can even sketch one out.

Logically, then, there must have been a moment when Homo sapiens became a distinct species. Yet that moment is surprisingly hard to pin down. The problem, for once, isn’t a lack of fossils.

Human DNA recovered from remains found in Europe is revealing our species’ shared history with Neanderthals. The trove is the oldest Homo sapiens DNA ever documented, scientists say.

Neanderthals went extinct roughly 39,000 years ago, but in some sense these close cousins of our species are not gone. Their legacy lives on in the genomes of most people on Earth, thanks to ...