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

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 ...

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

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

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

Hundreds of hominin fossils reveal that human body size remained stable for ages before a sharp increase in early members of ...

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 ...

From back pain to wisdom teeth, many of the human body's common problems exist because evolution builds on old designs, a new ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

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 ...