The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be ...

One thing geology teaches us about is the existence of another monumental event in the history of Earth, 2.4 billion years ...

Monkeys will always be better at yodeling than humans because they have a "cheap trick" hidden in their voice box, scientists ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Scientists have helped to construct a detailed timeline for bacterial evolution, suggesting some bacteria used oxygen long before evolving the ability to produce it through photosynthesis.

New research shows that when it comes to yodeling, some monkeys outperform even the famed Alpine singers of Austria and ...

Fish don’t exist. In her novel “Why Fish Don’t Exist,” Lulu Miller points out that a true “fish” clade containing an ancestor ...

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

A stunning discovery in southwest China has uncovered 50,000-year-old tools that challenge our understanding of human ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

Researchers in China have uncovered 55,000-year-old advanced tools, suggesting an unknown human species matched Neanderthal ...