Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly ...

When ancient humans interbred, new research shows that the pairings were predominantly male Neanderthals and female Homo ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

In what ways does AI need humanity, and how can we define what makes us unique and essential in the face of this strange new technology?

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

The decline of reading and the rise of social media are again transforming what it feels like to be a thinking person.

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

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 ...

RABAT — A newly announced fossil discovery is further cementing Morocco’s central place in the prehistory of humanity. On Jan. 7, Moroccan and international researchers revealed the unearthing of ...

There's one part of the human body, found in no other mammal, that scientists still don't have an explanation for. When it comes to the human body, there are a lot of unanswered questions. Why do we ...