Homo habilis has long been described as the first species in the Homo genus, but its place in human evolution remains ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many known hominin fossils defy species classification, with the most famous example being the ever-enigmatic Denisovans. A study ...

Some extinct human ancestors and modern-day apes appear to share wrist traits that raise the question of whether our last ...

Scientists retrieved proteins from six teeth unearthed in China that reveal a potential link between Homo erectus and later human species, including Homo sapiens.

Biologists are quietly rewriting what it means to be alive, and the human body has become one of their strangest frontiers. Inside our cells and microbiomes, researchers are uncovering entities that ...

A remarkable collection of ancient stone tools proves that human creativity can thrive in challenging times. The complexity ...

Humans are overwhelmingly right-handed, but scientists have long struggled to explain why no other primate species shows ...