Progovac's study challenges two dominant narratives in human evolution: "survival of the fittest" (physical strength) and "survival of the friendliest" (prosociality). While both played a role, ...

SD: Yeah, and so here’s the twist. For most of human history, people didn’t need braces. AC: Which is wild. SD: So wild. It’s ...

Murder has been part of humanity since the birth of civilization. However, these events have not always been documented.

The Shroud of Turin is a 14.4-foot by 3.6-foot linen cloth bearing the faint, negative image of a crucified man. For centuries, millions have believed it to be the authentic burial shroud of Jesus of ...

Päivi Räsänen, a member of the Finnish Parliament, was found guilty by Finland's Supreme Court of inciting hatred after she ...

With the analysis of seven hominin fossils discovered in 2014, researchers are now adding another piece to the human ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

Early human relatives experienced risky childbirth due to pelvic shape, revealing deep evolutionary roots of birth difficulty.

Birch bark pitch. (Jorre/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0) Relatives of modern humans may have created and used a sticky ...

“Analysis of the DNA traces found on the Shroud of Turin suggests the potentially extensive exposure of the cloth in the ...

Arabs, Greeks, and Indians were among the earliest amateur astronomers who discovered many celestial phenomena. Scholars such ...