For decades, scientists have believed that meat-eating drove human evolution, particularly our enlarged brains. This carnivorous origin story has become so entrenched that few questioned it: our ...

It is a deep question, from deep in our history: when did human language as we know it emerge? A new survey of genomic evidence suggests our unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ...

Fossils are like time capsules, offering us a rare chance to glimpse the distant past. Over the years, a number of ancient ...

Scientists have unearthed facial bones that may belong to a previously unknown human species. The bones, nicknamed "Pink," ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

New fossil evidence from a Spanish cave suggests an unknown prehistoric human population once lived in Europe.

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 ...

Mice are still incapable of writing the complete works of Shakespeare, despite some being given a human "language gene".

Human embryos briefly exhibit traits like tails and gill-like structures, revealing our evolutionary history and deep ...

AI manufacturing models constantly improve quality control by analyzing data patterns from tools, video feeds, sensors and ...

The Spanish team says the latest remains are more primitive than Homo antecessor but bear a resemblance to Homo erectus.

The rapid evolution of financial technology has unlocked unprecedented opportunities, but it has also introduced complex ...