Anthropologist and author David Samson examines how the story of human sleep unfolded in his new book, “The Sleepless Ape.” ...
Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...
Even tiny muscles around the ears hint at our evolutionary past. In many mammals, tiny ear muscles allow the outer ear (pinna ...
Brain size and bipedalism are the most likely drivers of our species’ right-hand dominance, according to new research ...
Ancient DNA from nearly 16,000 genomes suggests human evolution accelerated after farming, cities, and the Bronze Age transformed Europe.
A new analysis of crystals that formed inside one of the bones shows that the site dates back to an ice age 146,000 years ago ...
After investigating thousands of wrist bones, scientists suspect the last common ancestor species of humans and chimpanzees ...
A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.
In a cramped, windowless room on the University of California, Berkeley, campus, two bespoke microscopes—each a Swiss Army ...
Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...
Survivor has now been on the air for an incredible 50 seasons. And we've truly seen it all over those 50 seasons.
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