Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

They have conjured dramatic scenarios, like AI-driven extinction of humans (and many other species), or our assimilation into human-AI cyborgs. The predictions are generally grim, pitting the fate of ...

Advances in genetics, technology, and environment are shaping the future course of human evolution. Sophie Turner says ...

Explore human population evolution through genetics, natural selection, and interbreeding. How mutations shape our future?