Neanderthal pelvises challenge a long-held idea about childbirth and walking
For decades, scientists have used the human pelvis to study a basic question about our evolution: how did…
Archaeologists Thought These Early Cannibals Mostly Ate Children. They Were Wrong
Homo antecessor is among the oldest known human relatives in Europe. Their fossils have long shown grim signs…
Study suggests all Homo naledi skeletons from South African cave are female
Archaeologists have recovered thousands of fossils from South Africa’s Rising Star cave system over the past decade, revealing…
Mystery cave collapse uncovers ‘advanced human time capsule’ | History | News
Archaeologists have uncovered a remarkably preserved prehistoric cave that is helping researchers piece together a crucial chapter in…
Largest Denisovan DNA study reveals ancient genes still active in Oceanian populations
Ancient DNA inherited from Denisovans, an extinct group of human relatives, still influences the biology of people living…
Early humans used fire in Wonderwerk Cave up to 1.8 million years ago
New evidence from South Africa’s Wonderwerk Cave suggests early humans were using fire inside caves far earlier than…
Why Do Humans Snore? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains What’s Happening To Your Airway
You snore because your airway was redesigned for language. That structural trade-off has been with us for 40,000…
100,000-year-old Homo sapiens bones from Ethiopia may preserve earliest evidence of human cremation
Researchers studying Ethiopia’s Afar Rift have reported what could be the oldest known evidence of human cremation. The…
Why Can’t We See Ultraviolet Light? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Humans can only see less than 1% of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here’s why evolution may have intentionally hidden…
Why Do Humans Have Unique Voices? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains The Anatomy That Makes You Unmistakable
Every human voice is acoustically unique. The anatomy and evolutionary history behind that fact turns out to be…
Neanderthals gathered shellfish like modern humans 115,000 years ago, study finds
Neanderthal groups living along the southern coast of Europe gathered shellfish through every season around 115,000 years ago,…
Humans are the only primates with a lopsided hand preference
Of all the monkeys and apes scientists have studied, no species shows a population-level hand preference. Individual primates…