The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...

There was a moment in human history when our entire existence may have desperately clung to a thousand or more people.

In 2001 scientists studying human language made a breakthrough: by looking at the DNA of a family with a rare speech ...

As they roamed around Europe and Asia between 400,000 and 40,000 years ago, Neanderthals had some hallmarks of humanity, ...

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

When humans and megafauna encounter one another, it tends to be at a safe distance for both parties. Interactions between the ...

Scientists say they've made a key breakthrough that would allow robots to figure out complex tasks on their own, but experts ...