A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs ...

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins split and why that distinction matters. It moves through key branches ...

Scroll through social media long enough, and you might be looking at someone who was never a person to begin with. Join us as ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years, including variants linked to celiac disease and multiple sclerosis The ...

Like people, nonhuman primates live in groups that vary in size and shape depending on the species. Some primate groups are small and simple; others are large and more layered. Over the decades, ...

The "prisoner's dilemma" is one of the most famous ideas in game theory. For decades, this game has been used to explain why selfishness often beats cooperation. In the prisoner's dilemma, two players ...

Cavemen gathered shellfish to eat using the same methods as modern humans, according to new research. Neanderthals in ...

Museums are often described as gateways to the past, but they are equally, mirrors of the present and windows into the future ...