This shift, researchers say, marks a climatic tipping point—and it may have shaped the evolution of our species. “Things were ...

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Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

His new book, about the mystery of consciousness, strengthens the case that technology will never truly replicate humans.

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Most people were taught a simple image: monkeys slowly turning into humans. That’s not how evolution works. Humans didn’t ...

Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine. This week we explore Sam Altman’s battery theory of humanity, talk ...

One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

In his new book, Roland Ennos offers eye-opening ideas that the importance of physical power and engineering ...