Like other species, we are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Now we're taking matters into our own hands.

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

How did the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens separate from the ancestors of modern apes? A key ingredient leading to modern human beings, according to researchers at the University of ...

If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat. Or attend to a pot that’s boiling over.

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

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

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

Archaeologists working in Uzbekistan's Obi-Rakhmat rock shelter have unearthed what could be the world's oldest arrowheads, dating back an astonishing 80,000 years. These triangular stone "micropoints ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Technology is integral to evolution. Understanding technology's relationship to human welfare means grasping its role within the flow of biological and human life.

From 2030 to 10,000 A.D. and beyond, the future of technology will reshape civilization in ways that are both thrilling and ...