The uvula is nearly unique to humans among mammals. An evolutionary biologist unpacks competing theories for why we evolved ...

For decades, one idea has shaped discussions about human evolution and birth: humans endure unusually difficult childbirth ...

Early human ancestors underwent significant physical transformations over millions of years. New research challenges the idea ...

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

New fossil discoveries are reshaping scientists’ understanding of a pivotal chapter in human evolution, revealing that several human ancestor lineages lived side by side nearly 3 million years ago.

For years, the common belief among scientists was that human evolution had basically slowed to a crawl once we invented ...

Researchers who investigated the remains of a young adult male found in the Qafzeh cave say the injury healed over time, ...

Human-AI interactions can resemble human-human social interactions, with computers, and especially AI-driven technologies, becoming increasingly important social actors. It is in these interactions ...

Denisovans, a mysterious human relative, left behind far more than a handful of fossils—they left genetic fingerprints in modern humans across the globe. Multiple interbreeding events with distinct ...

A self-proclaimed healthcare futurist, Jeffrey Charles Hardy, says that after millions of years, human evolution has stalled out. He believes we are in a state of suspended evolution before the second ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...