Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

For most animals, losing fur would be a death sentence. Hair isn’t cosmetic in the wild, it’s survival gear. It protects ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...