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

Human intelligence wasn’t a cosmic evolutionary fluke, some scientists say. The case against cosmic loneliness is growing.

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

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

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

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

Survival of the fittest. Nature red in tooth and claw. The common view of natural selection is based solely on the individual: A trait allows an organism to out-compete its rivals and is thus passed ...

The Artemis 2 astronauts will venture deeper into space than any human has gone before. That presents some seriously exciting ...

A set of ancient human fossils found on Morocco’s Atlantic coast now sits on one of the tightest timelines in African prehistory. The remains come from Thomas Quarry I, and a new analysis pins them ...

Markets lost $285 billion in a single session after Anthropic released Claude Cowork plugins automating legal, marketing, and ...

A study has traced Kaziranga National Park's history, revealing how climate change and other factors shaped the one-horned rhino's habitat. The findings are based on sediment analysis and highlight ...