Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

Since its founding, The Atlantic has examined how thinking on animal welfare and rights has developed. A 1976 article by ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

The greatest parasite of the modern age is no blood-sucking invertebrate. It is sleek, glass-fronted and addictive by design. Its host? Every human on Earth with a wifi signal.

Officers formed a human pyramid, working with neighbors to support the man's body and ultimately pull him back inside to safety. Police formed a human pyramid to rescue an elderly man.

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, often involving a particular speech style also termed "baby talk ...

"The dietary shift from a primarily plant-based diet to increased meat consumption marks a major milestone in human evolution," say co-corresponding authors Jin Li and He Huang of Fudan University.

Human Evolution Traded Fur for Sweat Glands—and Now, Our Wounds Take Longer to Heal Than Those of Other Mammals Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans’ scrapes and ...

With the help of neighbors, Michigan police formed a human pyramid over the weekend to save an elderly man suffering from dementia who was hanging upside down from a second-story window.

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound biological adaptation in its recent evolutionary past ...