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 ...

Scientists found a 307 million-year-old fossil, Tyrannoroter heberti, revealing one of the earliest known land vertebrates ...

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Archaeologists in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans were far more inventive than long assumed. Excavations at the Xigou site reveal advanced stone tools, including the earliest ...

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

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans.

Human evolution spans millions of years, from early primates to modern Homo sapiens. Fossil evidence, genetic data, and climate shifts help explain how different human species emerged, migrated, and ...

By the 1920s, “race films,” movies starring largely Black casts, marketed to Black audiences and often produced by ...

Advanced CT imaging of rare Devonian lungfish fossils in Australia and China is revealing unexpected anatomical details.

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Researchers believe the ancient wood, found in Greece, is actually evidence of the earliest hand-held wooden tool usage in ...