Evidence of one of the smallest - and perhaps unluckiest - early human relatives has been found in South Africa, according to ...

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

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 ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

After the horrors of World War II and yet again in humanity’s history, law was seen as a rational means for containing such ...

A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

Philadelphia’s Shamir has announced he’s releasing his final solo album, Ten, and has shared its first single, “Neverwannago, ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce.

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.