A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Tensions between religion and science erupted in a hot and humid courtroom in Dayton, Tenn., 100 years ago this month.

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, ...

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 evolved testicles of all different sizes. In almost all these separate cases, ...

Evolutionary Psychology Inherited Psychology and History in Human Social Evolution Harvey Whitehouse's 'Inheritance' explains who we are and who we could be. Posted October 7, 2024 | Reviewed by ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Researchers have traced cell origins critical to vertebrate evolution by studying a group of primitive, bloodsucking fish called lampreys.

Humans were living in rainforests roughly 150,000 years ago, some 80,000 years earlier than was previously thought—and may have been an important center for early human evolution. This is the ...

Scientists have discovered a 'hidden chapter' in human evolution - and it suggests our history is much more complex than we thought. While scientists know humans (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the Neanderthals and Denisovans that our ancestors ...