Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...

The human body may seem finely engineered, but many of its most familiar features reveal a history of evolutionary compromise ...

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Until Homo floresiensis was discovered, scientists assumed that the evolution of the human lineage was defined by bigger and bigger brains. Via a process called encephalization, human brains evolved ...

In the dry, rugged badlands of Ethiopia’s Afar Region, a team of scientists has uncovered fossils that could change how you picture human evolution. These finds, dating back between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

The recent unearthing of a 140,000-year-old child’s skull, which may have been a hybrid of modern human and Neanderthal, has sparked a lively debate among scientists. This discovery could potentially ...

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.