Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

We propose that ALS may be a disease that preferentially affects cerebral structures and pathways that have evolved recently in human evolution. Specifically, it is proposed that ALS-FTD represents a ...

This new hypothesis takes this further in arguing that these hormones may have also shaped the evolution of the human brain." Dr. Tsompanidis added: "Our hypothesis puts pregnancy at the heart of ...

In 2021, researchers working in New Mexico published a paper that contributed to what remains one of the most controversial topics in American archaeology. The study describes human footprints in ...

“The human brain is remarkable and unique, but it does not develop in a vacuum.” “Adaptations in the placenta and the way it produces sex steroid hormones may have been crucial for our brain’s ...

More information: The placental steroid hypothesis of human brain evolution, Evolutionary Anthropology Issues News and Reviews (2025). DOI: 10.1002/evan.70003 ...

"This new hypothesis takes this further in arguing that these hormones may have also shaped the evolution of the human brain," he said in the press release. Testing the theory To test this theory, ...

The history of the drum is ultimately the history of human connection. It predates written language, has traveled through the rise and fall of empires, and continues to shape our present.