Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, ...

New research provides the first direct evidence of whether Australopithecus, an important early human ancestor, consumed meat ...

While many studies have looked at possible evolutionary links between men's strength and sexual behavior, a Washington State ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient ...

This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

New research adds to our understanding of the function of the human genome. An international team of researchers has made ...

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

With stories of our living ape relatives using medicine and information about the evolution of adolescence and emergence of genetic and neurological diversity, 2024 research delved into the human ...

Which led me to ask: how might human evolution be altered by interactions with a world of rich AI diversity? In a paper just published in The Quarterly Review of Biology, I considered the many ways AI ...