(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

The whites of your eyes are not an accident. They are, scientists now believe, one of the most sophisticated social ...

Researchers have uncovered the world’s oldest known cave art—a 67,800-year-old hand stencil in Indonesia. The unusual, claw-like design hints at early symbolic thinking and possibly spiritual beliefs.

What will humans look like in the future? From stronger bodies to bigger brains, or maybe even merging with machines. Human ...

What will humans look like thousands of years from now? Evolution, science, and artificial intelligence could completely ...

Contrary to what you might expect, Neanderthals did actually organize their spaces like humans, but they were less consistent.

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is one of today's best science fiction books. While much of the science and math is great, it falls a bit when it comes to evolution.

Men have nipples, mammary glands and the hormones required, but the ability for male lactation rarely turns on. Here’s why ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...