From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge for centuries.

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the world of technology.

A study focusing on analyzing cell models found universality in their movement—an important discovery that could impact both ...

A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Made by combining several emerging technologies, human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

The parakeets commonly kept as pets could offer fresh clues about vocal learning and potential treatments for speech ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...