Evolution has given humans countless unique features, but one body part stands out as an unsolved puzzle: the human chin.

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism. By Carl Zimmer Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of evolution in 1859, in “On the Origin of Species.” But it took ...

There’s a reason why ancient wisdom never truly grows old. Long before science tried to trace the journey of life through ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

Human evolution may no longer be driven primarily by genetics, according to a new theory by researchers at the University of Maine which claims that cultural systems are now shaping the way humans ...

Food processing has been a part of human adaptation since deep in the past. The softening and breaking down of food left its testimony on the human body. For example, the massive teeth of our early ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. What’s more, many other cosmic phenomena affect our planet ...

AI researcher Blaise Agüera y Arcas offers a thought-provoking investigation into the nature of evolution and intelligence ...

While the Vatican acknowledges stages of technological development, it lacks a model of integrating science and religion that can adequately assess the influence of technology. The Vatican's approach, ...