Ten fossil teeth belong to new Australopithecus species Found in Afar Region, they are 2.65 million years old This species coexisted with an early Homo species Fossils underscore complex nature of ...
Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its ...
Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining ...
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...
A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...