Walking upright all the time is one of the unique features that sets Homo sapiens apart from other primates still around ...

Anthropologist and author David Samson examines how the story of human sleep unfolded in his new book, “The Sleepless Ape.” ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Based on Coll Macià's upper-bound generation interval of about 30 years, there have been at least 10,000 generations of ...

In 2001, researchers unearthed a scattering of fossils beneath the windswept dunes of the Djurab Desert of northern Chad. The remains were later identified as belonging to an extinct species, ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant (which can weigh up to 6,000kg [13,000 lbs]). This was Elephas (Paleoxodon) recki, a prehistoric titan that roamed the landscape ...

People might often claim (or disprove) the idea that humans evolved from apes. The reality, though, is that evolution isn't quite that straightforward.

As we wait for the Alisera to arrive, White explains that the team returns to this hostile spot year after year because it’s the only place in the world to yield fossils that span such a long stretch ...

UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of scientists discovered fossilized teeth. UNLV Anthropology Professor Brian Villmoare and a team of international scientists discovered ...

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