It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

Tech is evolving too fast for human biology. Mental health trends show we're struggling. To survive, we must speed up ...

Humans like to think that being multicellular (and bigger) is a definite advantage, even though 80% of life on Earth consists ...

At the viral chatter stage of an outbreak, pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. It’s a sign that ...

From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge for centuries.

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

President Trump signed an executive order effectively dismantling the Department of Education on Thursday. The idea isn't a ...

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two ...

KrulUA/iStock / Getty Images Plus In their study ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution." The team's analysis also indicated that the genes inherited from this second population ...