Did Humans Nearly Go Extinct 900,000 Years Ago? A Biologist Explains
At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what…
Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer
The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s…
From a dino superhighway to origins of fire-making: The incredible discoveries in 2025
From gigantic dinosaur footprints frozen in stone to a spectacular parade of planets, science in 2025 delivered moments…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Early humans mastered fire-making 400,000 years ago, new study reveals
A new study from a well-known Paleolithic site in eastern England has revealed that early humans mastered fire-making…
Stone tool discovery suggests very first humans were inventors
The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest…
Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to walk on two legs
Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright,…
Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s landscapes long before the rise of agriculture, study finds
A recent study published in PLOS One reveals that Neanderthals and early modern humans began to reshape Europe’s…
Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch
A model of a Neanderthal woman Joe McNally/Getty Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but…
The Forgotten Cousins of Humanity Who May Have Made the World’s First Tools
Paranthropus was adapted for chewing, with teeth up to four times the size of a modern humans. Teeth…
Million-year-old skull could change human evolution timeline | News
A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years…
The Origin of Language review: Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case
Beekman suggests the complexity of childcare drove language’s spread Shutterstock/Artem Varnitsin The Origin of LanguageMadeleine Beekman (Simon &…