The discovery and the use of fire changed the nature of the digestion of food, creating additional calories. Serotonin, a ...

This article is a summary of Roy Ratcliffe’s recently released book ‘Life on Earth’ (Past, Present and Future)’. Of all the millions of species of life that have existed on earth over billions of ...

They came up a little short. A small archaic hominid known as the “hobbit” might have died out around 50,000 years ago after declining rainfall levels forced them to compete with modern humans, among ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones — which is crucial for ...

People typically think about evolution as a linear process where, within a species, the classic adage of "survival of the fittest" is constantly at play. New DNA mutations arise and get passed from ...

Researchers excavating an ancient Neanderthal site in southern England found evidence not just of a hearth, but of its ...

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica - the polar explorer whose classified 1947 diary described impossible temperate valleys, disc-shaped aircraft, and warnings from mysterious humanoid figures.

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Skulls of different shapes, such as cones, have been found in the past. But one shaped like a cube has left experts puzzled. It belongs to a man, and only one such skull has ever been found in this ...

Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study by anthropologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the ...