The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

Humankind stands at an evolutionary crossroads, and the key to our survival lies in awakening a latent potential within the ...

Human Evolution has come pretty far during our time on Earth. But, do you ever wonder, what humans could evolve to look like ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...