human evolution
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‘Next to zero’ chance that apelike fossil is our direct ancestorA new analysis challenges the claim that a 2-million-year-old fossil came from a human ancestor.
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Two skeletons aren’t different hominin species after allAn in-depth investigation sorts out the relationship between two early hominin skeletons.
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Butchery marks on bones get more accurate testTo understand ancient humans, determine how they cut their meat.
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We owe a bit of our skull shape to cheeseThe advent of farming—particularly dairy farming—may have changed the shape of the human skull.
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Did this other human species overlap with our ancestors?A new species, Homo naledi, may have survived for as long as 2 million years alongside other species of early humans in Africa, say researchers.
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Did human-like thinking begin 1.8M years ago?Scientists observed the brains of modern humans as they made stone tools. The findings suggest "human-like ways of thinking" occurred surprisingly early.
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For early humans, life was no picnic 1.8 million years ago
Reconstruction of a early human habitat in Tanzania suggests our ancestors had to eke out a tough living, competing with lions and hyenas for food.
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Why humans evolved to feel shame
Feelings of shame are universal in all cultures, and new research could explain why.
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Why we have chins, but Neanderthals didn’t
Modern humans have one feature that primates, Neanderthals, archaic humans—any species, for that matter—don't possess: a chin. But why?