For nearly 30 years, a landmark study shaped how scientists understood the relationship between brain and body size in ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and ...

Biologists group animals with similar traits into broad categories called orders. Despite their similarities, animal species ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Laughter is universal among humans. Researchers have found that our closest relatives, apes, also laugh, and do it with a ...

Hundreds of hominin fossils reveal that human body size remained stable for ages before a sharp increase in early members of ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain ...

Share on Pinterest Human brain cell evolution may be linked to autism, neurodiversity, according to a new study. Image credit: Lauren Lee/Stocksy A new study concludes that the speed at which the ...