The human brain filters trillions of sensory inputs down to just 10 bits per second, a cognitive bottleneck shaped by ...

Science dioramas of yesteryear can highlight the biases of the time. Exhibit experts are reimagining, annotating — and sometimes mothballing — the scenes.

More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging her secrets. In 2016, an autopsy indicated that the female Australopithecus afarensis, whose ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

Evolutionary biologist Nathan H. Lents details how animal relationships can offer perspective on sexual diversity, social ...

Dr. Baumann and his colleagues hypothesize that ancient humans may have hunted and killed more animals than they could ...

The hard-to-classify Chinese remains include 21 fossils found in the 1970s at the Xujiayao (Houjiayao) site located on the ...

Ancient Chinese fossils may belong to a new human species, Homo juluensis, with large brain sizes, challenging traditional ...

Selective breeding has dramatically transformed dogs over the last 100 years, often at the expense of their health. Modern ...

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Farming has always been a cornerstone of human development, and its evolution is closely tied to technological advancements.

Human populations that left Africa evolved quickly whereas Neanderthals stayed the same, according to an analysis of blood ...