The National Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Human Origins vastly distorts the scientific evidence on human evolution, ...

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 ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild animals.

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.

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 ...

With their bright red, hairless chests and grass-grazing lifestyle, gelada monkeys are quite unusual. They are the only primate, other than humans, to primarily live on land instead of in trees ...

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 ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.