In 1931, the Skhūl I fossil was uncovered at Mugharat es-Skhūl (the Cave of the Children), also known as Skhūl Cave, Israel.

Museum ichthyologist Cristhian Conde-Saldaña uses evolutionary genetics to study freshwater fishes and document at-risk ...

After 15 years, we know the first Denisovan skull.” With these words, Qiaomei Fu of the Chinese Academy of Sciences announced a paradigm-shifting moment in human evolution research, as molecular ...

A new study of fossil hominin braincases reveals early species in the genus Homo had a “much more primitive brain” than previously thought.

How Many Human Species Have Walked Earth? More Than You May Think From "Hobbit people" to Homo erectus, the human family tree has some very odd characters.

In broad terms, AGI typically means artificial intelligence that matches (or outmatches) humans on a range of tasks. But specifics about what counts as human-like, what tasks, and how many all ...

The origins of human genus have long been associated with savannah and grassland environments of Africa. Due to this association, it was thought that the first human dispersal into Eurasia ...

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Three 18th c. women scientists, Maria Sibylla Merian, Catharina Dorrien, and Jane Colden, helped found taxonomy but are largely ignored for their work. | Plants And Animals ...