Hank brings you the facts, as they are understood by scientists today, about the evolution of humans from our humble primate ...

The program provides funds to support the career trajectories of early- to mid-career faculty and their graduate students.

Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

A comparison with the environmental settings and biological adaptations of nearly 6,000 terrestrial mammalian species demonstrates the profound advantages of human cultural adaptations.

A fossil from Egypt hints we may have been looking in the wrong place for ape origins. A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, ...

An international research team led by the University of Vienna has produced, for the first time, high-resolution global maps ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

Scientists have finally come face-to-face with an ancient human ancestor called Little Foot. A new digital reconstruction reveals the visage of one of our oldest close human relatives, researchers ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...