Fossils have a way of rewriting family trees, pulling back the curtain on creatures that feel alien and oddly familiar, like ...

Scientists discover a 518-million-year-old ancestor with four eyes. Study shows how this ancient jawless fish evolved into the modern human sleep gland.

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

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 ...

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

A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It explores how fire, tools, and cooperation driven by women changed humans’ ...

Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans.

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave art that we don’t have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall ...

Doctors are alarmed as H3N2 influenza cases surge earlier than typical seasonal peaks, driven by erratic weather, transitional immunity gaps, and environmental triggers.

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Discover seven unusual galaxies defying scientific predictions, from impossibly bright early universe objects to astrophysics ...