The uvula is nearly unique to humans among mammals. An evolutionary biologist unpacks competing theories for why we evolved ...

This video traces the long evolutionary path from the first primates about 85 million years ago to modern Homo sapiens.

This video traces the human evolutionary tree from great apes to modern Homo sapiens, explaining the difference between ...

By Daaji We often think of evolution as a slow, chromosomal crawl, but modern neuroscience is beginning to confirm what yogis ...

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

Many of the body's biggest flaws are the result of evolution building on old designs instead of starting over. Our spine, ...