Would we still see our humanity in the same way if other hominin species – from Australopithecus to Neanderthals – hadn't gone extinct? Reader Question: We now know from evolutionary science that ...

The human brain is turning out to be much more complicated than scientists could have ever imagined (Credit: Mareen Fischinger/Forschungszentrum Jülich) Human brains are bigger than those of our ...

Homo ergaster evolved during an accelerated period of global cooling and drying that cleared more and more tropical rainforest from Africa and created a desert in the northern half of the continent.

A single human brain cell may be far more powerful than scientists once realized. Researchers found that cortical neurons can perform remarkably complex computations, giving them capabilities more ...

The first time a computer beat a human chess champion, doomsayers proclaimed it was the beginning of the end. That was nearly three decades ago, and contrary to those dire predictions, humans haven't ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to understand what makes our brain different to our closest relatives. Our ...

As we grow from being babies to elderly adults, our bodies go through lots of changes. These human life cycle changes happen gradually over time. All humans go through the same life cycle. Humans are ...

Today, we sit alone on the only remaining branch of the human family tree. But we’re only one character in the story of human evolution. To truly understand who we are, we must look at how we got here ...

Thanks to a star turn from the explorer and standup comic Ella Al-Shamahi, the secrets of Homo sapiens’ wild road to hegemony are spilled in a scintillating way. She is the best teacher you never had ...

Genetic and fossil records do not reveal a single point where modern humans originated, researchers have found. Genetic and fossil records do not reveal a single point where modern humans originated, ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, palaeoanthropology and its related fields ...