Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Africa, these bones are from a species of hominid but they don’t seem to fit in the current timeline. This species has ...

New research indicates that hominins migrated into Eurasia approximately 200,000 years earlier than previously believed, ...

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In our modern world, accessing food and avoiding disease is a lot easier than it was throughout much of human history. The researchers describe in the paper how they analyzed World Health ...

Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on new mutations and exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the generation of sex cells, in a process called recombination. Recombination manifests ...

"Meat likely played a significant role in the expansion of cranial capacity - larger brain development - during human evolution. Animal resources provide a highly concentrated source of calories ...

JOHANNESBURG — Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient relatives may not have been the avid meat-eaters previously ...

Here’s a timeline of the app’s meteoric rise ... s most-followed user with 100 million followers. Musical theater kids and adults create a community-written TikTok musical based on Disney ...