Scientists May Have Finally Solved Why Most Humans Are Right-Handed
Credit: Unsplash. Nine out of ten people favor their right hand. They write with it, eat with it,…
The strange reason nearly all humans are right-handed
Roughly nine out of 10 people favor their right hand, a pattern so common it can feel almost…
Only 2% Of Humans Have Green Eyes—An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we…
Cut marks on 1.6-million-year-old bones reveal early humans moved and processed meat in Kenya
A new study from northern Kenya adds fresh detail to how early humans found, processed, and consumed meat…
Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools for making stone implements, study finds
Neanderthals did more with hunted animals than eat their meat. A new study suggests they kept and reused…
Are Humans The Only Animals That Kiss? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains
Why do we kiss? The answer involves ancient apes, immune systems and a neurochemical cocktail in the human…
Did Humans Evolve To Eat Meat? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains What Your Anatomy Actually Reveals
The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against…
Neanderthals May Have Used the World’s First Antibiotic 50,000 Years Ago
Creating birch tar using Neanderthal methods. Image credits: University of Cologne. If you were a Neanderthal hunter 50,000…
Neanderthal men may have chosen human women more often, reshaping human history: DNA study suggests |
Ancient history often feels distant and abstract, reduced to fossil fragments and textbook timelines. Yet every so often,…
Humans Sketched Oddly Precise Geometric Patterns Onto Ostrich Eggs 60,000 Years Ago
Ostrich eggs are huge. Big enough, in fact, for ancient humans to use them as primitive writing surfaces…
Discovery of complex pre-historic tools in China suggests our ancestors were far more advanced than thought
Complex prehistoric tools unearthed at an archaeological site in central China are upending long-standing assumptions about human evolution,…
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…