Weed, obviously. But also a ton of innovation, some surprising ingredients, a dose of hucksterism—and a tradition on the ...

Austrian researchers reveal why snow monkeys don't suffer maternal deaths during childbirth, offering insights into safer ...

Remarkable new fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal that a prehistoric relative of humans was also extremely small and ...

The spheres, made from volcanic basalt and lapilli, were discovered across eight archaeological sites in Melka Kunture, dated ...

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Bigger, stronger and healthier, UO men's basketball center Nate Bittle has become a star for the Ducks, who begin their NCAA ...

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

A team from the University of Cambridge has found that modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations.