What's one thing humankind can do to help heal the world? The wishes cover everything from upholding Jimmy Carter's legacy to ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

Evolution could alter or even eliminate some of the human traits we cherish most, changing forever what it means to be human.

Choi Seung-hyun, from BigBang to Squid Game, is breaking the fourth wall and language barriers. Why does Thanos, his character in Squid Game Season 2, speak English? The short answer is: It’s a ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

When modern humans arrived in New Guinea roughly 50,000 years ago, they met and mixed with the Denisovans, a now-extinct group of human ancestors who originated in Asia. But after that initial ...

This is the process of evolution in its simplest form ... how species respond to new environmental challenges and human-imposed habitat changes. Organisms that have evolved down “one-way ...

A new discovery reported on Sunday, Dec. 18, may forever change scientists’ understanding of human evolution. Paleontologists revealed recently what they say is a new human species from eastern Asia ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have proposed a new form of ancient humans. The Juluren, or “large head ...

The study also identified Neanderthal deserts—regions in human genomes devoid of Neanderthal genes—likely caused by lethal gene variants. These findings deepen our understanding of human adaptation, ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe ... “Genetic data from this crucial period in our evolution are very rare,” said ...