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

The avocado survived a series of ecological and cultural close calls that could have easily relegated it to extinction ...

This research adds significant depth to our understanding of human evolution, highlighting a complex history of migration and interaction that shaped our species. Evolutionary differences between Homo ...

Archaeologists uncover 850,000-year-old evidence of cannibalism in Spain’s Gran Dolina cave, including the butchered remains ...

The debate around the evolution of modern humans has sparked up new arguments after new information has come to light about Homo sapiens fossils found in East Africa. When looking at the origins ...

Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, Vol. 371, No. 1698, Discussion meeting issue: Major transitions in human evolution (5 July 2016), pp. 1-12 (12 pages) If we restrict the use of Homo ...

Leader and Humans Homo naledi's burial practices could change what it means to be human If ancient humans with brains a third the size of our own buried their dead, as some archaeologists are ...

New research highlights the prevalence of maggots as an easily obtained, nutrient-rich supplement of ancient hominin diets.

Researchers suggest 140,000-year-old child remains from Israel's Skhūl Cave may have belonged to a Homo sapiens-Neanderthal hybrid. Hanay via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In 1931 ...

Humans used to have straighter teeth—what changed? New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles.

Reducing the number of calories ingested may be more important than doing more exercise for people looking to effectively manage their weight, a new study suggests.