Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Modern Chileans are significantly taller and have larger heads than their ancestors. That's the central finding of new research looking at how intracranial volume (ICV) has changed across thousands of ...

Ancient stone tools found on Sulawesi, an island in Indonesia, raises huge questions about early hominins ability to sail ...

The first kiss in history probably took place over 16.9 million years ago — long before humans even existed, a new study suggests.

When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add ...

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

New volcanic dating from Ethiopia’s Omo Kibish formation has pushed the age of Homo sapiens fossils back to at least 233,000 years. These remains predate all known modern humans and align closely with ...

Each winter, a cultural phenomenon known as "cuffing season" creeps onto the modern dating scene. But is there any science to ...

What if the famous P vs NP problem isn’t just about algorithms but about the observers trying to solve them? Research ...

Diesel exhaust particles can disturb the function of human brain immune cells, known as microglia, according to a recent ...

Menopause is a developmental and neurological transition that opens the door to new forms of insight, stability, and ...