Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

A new analysis suggests the evolution of human body size was marked by a major turning point rather than gradual growth.

This video traces the long evolutionary path from the first primates about 85 million years ago to modern Homo sapiens.

Fire has mesmerized us for as long as we’ve known how to control it. It warms us, feeds us, and lights our homes. But ...

We tend to assume our early hominin ancestors increased in body size gradually over time. Each one was a shade taller and heavier than the last. This implies the whole family grew steadily upward, ...

As humans, it’s important to remember that some of our oldest primate ancestors were apelike creatures. Besides our much larger brains and visibly obvious differences, such as facial features, one ...

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It’s not the students’ fault. Ecology and evolution offerings in the biology school curriculum are slim pickings: blink and you miss them among a sea of cells and neurons. The education system has ...

US supplements brand Vital Nutrients has launched a multivitamin gummy for kids featuring effera, a precision-fermented human lactoferrin protein by Helaina. Precision-fermented proteins are now ...

The first complete genetic portrait of a so‑called “last Neanderthal” is forcing scientists to redraw the map of our origins, from who we met to how we survived. Instead of a simple story of ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...