The picture of human evolution has changed repeatedly and dramatically over the past half century, shaped by waves of new ...

For thousands of years, humans have come together in small group to feast on food. Why is it important – and why do we still ...

A new study comparing neurons from different primates pinpointed several genetic changes unique to humans that buffer our ...

Take a closer look at your hands—they carry millions of years of evolutionary history, connecting you to our closest primate ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution ... A paper from March suggested that the last common ancestor of hominins and other African apes lived in Eurasia, but ...

Lucy quickly became a celebrity of the fossil record. As a kid growing up in Connecticut, Johanson got a book from a neighbor ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy sparked a revolution in scientists’ understanding of the origins of ...

We break down some common myths about our early human ancestors—and what makes our species, ‘Homo sapiens,’ so different from ...

Kissing is a big part of human bonding and social connection and associated with the release of oxytocin and dopamine. Here ...