For years, scientists believed that Homo erectus was the first human species to venture out of Africa around 1.8 million ...

For more than a century, scientists have treated the brain as the undisputed command center of human evolution, with the rest ...

New fossils unearthed in Morocco could help solve the mystery of how Homo sapiens diverged from other ancient humans like ...

A nearly-complete adult jawbone, a partial adult jawbone, the jawbone of a child, a vertebrae and some teeth were discovered.

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

Researchers uncover evidence that the gut microbiome and brain connection can influence brain gene expression and neural ...

Scientists uncover fossils suggesting Sahelanthropus tchadensis, a 7-million-year-old ancestor, could walk upright. Could this tiny bipedal ape-like hominin rewrite what we know about the earliest ...

New research shows gut bacteria can directly influence how the brain develops and functions. When scientists transferred ...

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A new study from Northwestern University is reshaping how scientists think about brain evolution. The research suggests that ...