Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter ...

To Shakespeare’s Hamlet we humans are “the paragon of animals”. But recent advances in genetics are suggesting that humans are far from being evolution’s greatest achievement. For example, humans have ...

The Many Humans of the Globe As our species (Homo sapiens) evolved and spread across the globe, they were contemporary with ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

The evolution of bones in primates' knees could have implications for how humans evolved to walk upright. The evolution of bones in primates' knees could have implications for how humans evolved to ...

In a recent review published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, researchers discussed the role of climatic shifts and vegetation changes in driving the evolution within the subfamily ...

Kissing stretches back roughly 21 million years, to the shared ancestor of humans and other large apes, according to the ...

The #1 Rule Experts Say to Follow When You Forget Wet Clothes in the Washer ...

The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head. Wadlow had a ...

Human evolution is the study of how our species has developed over time and continues to change today. By analysing fossils, artefacts and DNA, we can trace the history of our ancestors and their ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...