Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood group systems. Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in ...

Scientists were able to determine the biological sex of the Paranthropus robustus specimens by analyzing specific protein ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Where the hot and sweltering tropical valleys and bleached coastlines of Papua New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago meet, archaeologists and geneticists have excavated, and resurrected, ancient hum ...

New Israeli research suggests large game was smoked as early as 1.8 million years ago, a survival strategy that may have ...

Foamy urine could have a normal cause like rapid urination. But if it happens frequently, it could be caused by a medical ...

Australian koalas have fingerprints like humans. This surprises scientists and forensic experts. Koalas use fingerprints to grip trees. This is conver ...

Learn more about how eating right, with the MIND diet, could prevent you from developing Alzheimer’s, even if you start late.

Crunchy foods like walnuts, almonds, and chia seeds hide a powerhouse of nutrients behind their modest shells and husks. A ...

It wasn’t just today’s bodies that told the story. Ancient DNA backed it up. The researchers traced the variant through time.

The Newport Branch will host the traveling exhibition Exploring Human Origins ... of the complexity of the science of human evolution. The exhibition will open at the Newport Branch on Thursday ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in Cell Genomics, researchers have identified a genetic variant ...