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

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The human microbiome is essential to our health, but scientists have only begun to understand why. Two researchers set out to ...

Tens of thousands of years ago, Homo sapiens coexisted with Neanderthals, Homo neanderthalensis. Many of us living today ...

From ancient graves to stories of survival on the frontier, signs of human flesh-eating turn stomachs, even as they raise ...

✅ Know Your Terms: Hominin refers to all humans, plus our ancestral species who walked upright on two feet (including members ...

For millennia, humans have told stories about stealing fire from the gods. In Greek mythology, the Titan Prometheus gifts fire to humanity after sneaking it away from the gods’ home on Mount Olympus.

Great apes may have been laughing with a similar rhythm to modern humans for at least 15 million years, a University of Warwick study reveals. The finding offers unexpected clues to how human speech ...

Tickling a chimpanzee, a gorilla and a human child causes similar rhythms of laughter, according to an analysis of primate behaviour. Laughter is a conserved vocalization in humans and their closest ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

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