I’m challenging you to a quick round of 'What Organ Is This?' as I showcase real human organs for you to identify—starting easy with a heart, moving to a kidney, and ending with a tricky spleen. Join ...

3-D model of a modern human ear (left) and a Neanderthal ear (right) The advent of spoken language was one of the key developments in human evolution, but for speech to have meaning, it has to be ...

Urban raccoons are developing shorter snouts, revealing how city life is subtly reshaping wildlife anatomy and behavior.

The ancient skeleton known as “Little Foot” has long been a celebrity in paleoanthropology, but a new wave of research is pushing it into even more provocative territory. Instead of fitting neatly ...

"He cleared his throat. 'I want to say something, but I’m not sure I can.' He scrawled something and pushed it towards me." ...

The Grinch is one of the holiday season's most familiar icons. The grumpy, green, fur-covered misanthrope who plotted to ...

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

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

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A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ...

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