The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...

New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

Leibniz Institute for Primate Research and the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics have discovered ...

Early human migration timeline into South America has stirred debate. Researchers have long argued about when these first ...

When you hop, run or jump, your legs behave like springs, absorbing and returning energy with each step. But what happens to ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.

A new article expands our understanding of sensory neurons in the tentacles of sea anemones, linking them to kidney disease in humans through a common gene.

(Credit: Jimbob Blinkhorn, MPG) In the late ‘80s, a team of Soviet and West African archaeologists discovered an African rainforest site that had the potential to rewrite at least a chapter of human ...

Scientists have long believed that hundreds of thousands of years ago, humans first learned to thrive in East African grasslands before spreading out and adapting to new environments. But a new ...

Ancient humans survived on the Tibetan Plateau- the highest plateau on Earth-during the coldest period of the past 2.5 million years, showcasing their remarkable resilience and adaptability.

Humans lived under the leafy canopy of a West African rainforest by at least 150,000 years ago. Previously, the oldest secure evidence for humans living in African rainforests dated to about ...

Artificial intelligence will limit some human roles but could make others more accessible Artificial intelligence promises to expand and broaden opportunities for humanity—even as it takes over many ...