If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

How did the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens separate from the ancestors of modern apes? A key ingredient leading to modern human beings, according to researchers at the University of ...

The discovery of a new fossil has once again turned our understanding of human evolution on its head. This monumental find suggests that hominins may have ventured out of Africa much earlier than ...

An anthropologist highlights the revolutionary role of the practice, which was often led by women, and was just as crucial to ...

Discovery of Quina technology challenges view of ancient human development in East Asia Date: March 31, 2025 Source: University of Washington Summary: Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

A gene called ASDL, which helps synthesize DNA, differs between modern humans and our extinct human relatives. The findings ...

The researchers carefully compared the newly discovered teeth with known specimens of Australopithecus afarensis (Lucy’s species) and early Homo. They found that these teeth belonged to both early ...

“Large brains and dexterous hands are considered pivotal in human evolution, together making possible technology, culture and ...