The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

New research suggests fire was key to making our bodies successful in evolution – but not in the ways we previously thought.

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

Human evolution spans millions of years, from early primates to modern Homo sapiens. Fossil evidence, genetic data, and climate shifts help explain how different human species emerged, migrated, and ...