Fossils dating back 773,000 years from Thomas Quarry I in Morocco shed new light on the shared ancestry of Homo sapiens, Neandertals, and Denisovans. An international team of researchers has ...

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

BayCare has released updated plans for the Pagidipati Children's Hospital at St. Joseph's, a new freestanding pediatric facility slated to open in 2030. The project will replace the current St. Joseph ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins. By Franz Lidz Researchers on Wednesday ...

A new study suggests rapid evolution of widespread neurons in humans may explain higher autism prevalence, showing natural selection enhanced intelligence but increased neurodevelopmental disorder ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

(CNN) — Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil ...

There are several nutrients that vegan and vegetarian kids can miss out on without careful planning, a review of the evidence finds. Reading time 2 minutes Is your child thinking about becoming a ...

Vegetarian and vegan diets can support healthy growth when carefully planned with appropriate supplementation, finds a major new meta-analysis—the most comprehensive study to date of plant-based diets ...

The COVID vaccines reduced the risk of emergency room or urgent care visits by 76 percent in children aged nine months through four years and by 56 percent in those aged five through 17 compared with ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

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