Little Foot” is the most complete Australopithecus fossil ever found. And now we finally have an idea of what this group of ...

When the two species got together tens of thousands of years ago, the hookups may have often involved a male Neanderthal and a female human, according to a new study. The findings, described February ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

To improve their chances of survival, animals must learn – and that can be dangerous. A new study from the University of Würzburg shows how gradual learning under parental supervision can reduce these ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

“Years ago, handcuffs and a blindfold used to be very kinky, but nowadays that’s very vanilla,” said Lucy Sweetkill, a ...

In the past, expressing love often meant taking a risk. Love letters were carefully crafted, filled with intention and emotion that sometimes took weeks to deliver. Grand gestures like poetry or ...

Paleoanthropologists Rachel Caspari and Sang-Hee Lee found that the ratio of older-to-younger adults among early modern ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

The curious minds at What If compress the evolution of humans into just 20 minutes, exploring adaptation, migration, and future evolution. The moment Trump found out the Supreme Court killed his ...

The humans who move to Mars might not remain "human" for very long. Evolution is a powerful force, transcending planetary boundaries. As Rice University biologist Scott Solomon points out in his ...