Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you ...

The Omo-Turkana Basin, where the Omo River drains into Lake Turkana in Africa, has been one of the three most valuable ...

The Many Humans of the Globe As our species (Homo sapiens) evolved and spread across the globe, they were contemporary with ...

Mark Wahlberg shares health update on daughter after 'terrifying' horse riding accident: 'Very, very scary' Epstein survivor ...

Human babies are born remarkably helpless, a deliberate evolutionary advantage. This early dependence allows for extended brain development outside t ...

The study found that early humans passed down tool-making skills for hundreds of thousands of years in Kenya as their climate ...

Almost 100 years before calls to decolonize science, Taung was challenging researchers to reassess their internal biases.

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

As the world tuned in to her memorial service, streamed live by the Jane Goodall Institute, we not only remembered Jane—we ...

Neanderthals were thought to have structures inside their noses that helped them deal with the cold, but analysis of an ...

Our brain’s evolution makes it nearly impossible to commit to a multi-generational mission like interstellar travel, says one ...