Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Iowa’s department of education released proposed changes to the state’s science education standards. The proposed update ...

University of Hawaii at Manoa Anthropology Professor Christopher Bae likens his discovery to piecing together a giant puzzle, ...

BEIJING -- A collaborative team of scientists from China and other countries has mapped the most refined chimpanzee brain ...

Researchers have proposed that some wild plant species possess certain attributes which make them more suitable for human cultivation than others.

Researchers have discovered that neurotransmitters like dopamine and serotonin are released when processing the emotional content of words, revealing new layers of how language impacts our decisions ...

Even in a world of absolute equals, small strokes of luck can shape survival and evolutionary success in nature.

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering ...

As we grapple with the implications of artificial intelligence and machine learning, a letter penned in 1863 resonates with a ...

Volcanoes have been proposed as the reason for the extinction of the Neanderthals and the hobbits of Indonesia, but the end ...