The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from ...

Scientists have revealed the faces of two Stone Age sisters who may have been the victims of human sacrifice around 6,000 ...

Dear Xenophobic TikTokers of Ghana, Permit me, for once, to descend from my self-imposed Olympus of Pan-African commentary and address you directly mdash; yes, you: the bored, angry, uneducated, ...

A new Dartmouth-led study reveals that hominins began eating carbohydrate-rich foods long before their teeth evolved to ...

A timeless question has always fascinated scientists who study the past. Which comes first, the new behavior or the physical ...

By the time “Lucy” took her final steps across the Ethiopian landscape 3 million years ago, her kind may have been living in a social world far more combative than we once imagined. A new study ...

"Scrumping by the last common ancestor of gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans about 10 million years ago could explain why humans are so astoundingly good at digesting alcohol," Nathaniel Dominy, the ...

From devout creationist to presenter of the BBC's Human series TV explorer Ella Al-Shamahi has been on a remarkable personal ...

The University of Wyoming’s McNair Scholars Program will host the 33rd annual McNair Scholars Undergraduate Research Symposium Wednesday, Aug. 13, in the Wyoming Union Family Room.

Previous studies have identified three waves of gene flow between the two human species, with the first interbreeding event taking place some 250,000 to 200,000 years ago. A second hook-up then ...