A recent study shed new light on the evolution of tool use, revealing striking similarities between modern chimpanzees and ancient human ancestors in their selection of stone tools. The results of ...

Human ancestors faced an unexpected shrinkage in population due to various events, one that even threatened the survival of ...

Throughout “A Brief History of the Future,” Ari explores human progress in different ... body language, clothing selection, hairstyle and more. You exist in conversation with every movie ...

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet – through the marks we've left on nature. The microbes living in ...

Since Darwin revealed his seminal theory of evolution by natural selection, human beings have endeavored to understand their own evolutionary origins and history. A lot of questions still remain, but ...

"There was no economic incentive to continue producing mules." To trace how donkeys have played their part through human history, an international team of 49 scientists from 37 laboratories ...

In natural selection, it's the natural ... the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., who specializes in the study of human origins. The theory is sometimes described ...

Kenneally offers a rich, thoughtful blend of science, social science, and philosophy in a manner that mixes personal history with the history of the human species. (Oct.) ...

But for most of human history, for 200,000 years ... in the sense that the selection pressure on archaeological remains from nomads is very different from the selection pressure for the remains ...