Human Footprint, a docuseries now in its second season on PBS. The latest episode, Dressed to Kill, explores apparel and the impact it has on our literal planet.

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

Scientists have determined that a giant skull from an ancient human relative named the "Dragon Man" is actually Denisovan.

About 150 scientists gathered at the Society of Catholic Scientists conference for talks that touched on the Thomistic notion of free will and human origins.

This video explores how climatic shifts, influenced by the Milankovitch cycles—changes in the Earth's axis wobble, tilt, and orbital eccentricity—affected the migration and evolution of ...

Some animals seem to appreciate music. What does that mean for human evolution? The ability to keep a beat was once thought to be uniquely human. Some animals are suggesting otherwise ...

Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, contrary to received wisdom, our species has undergone profound biological adaptation in its recent evolutionary past ...

Human Evolution Traded Fur for Sweat Glands—and Now, Our Wounds Take Longer to Heal Than Those of Other Mammals Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans’ scrapes and ...