Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." That’s a quote from Edward O. Wilson, the ...

In a stunning revelation, researchers have uncovered a new human species that is set to revolutionize our understanding of human evolution. Homo juluensis, which lived in Asia around 300,000 to 50,000 ...

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XPANCEO founders on building the first interface designed for the body, not the screen — and why human–tech integration is the next leap forward. When it comes to the future of interfaces, we're used ...

Researchers have uncovered a complete Quina technological system in the Longtan site in southwest China. The discovery challenges the widely held perception that the Middle Paleolithic period was ...

With the help of newly identified bones, an enigmatic 3.4-million-year-old hominin foot found in 2009, is assigned to a ...

Cornell researchers have found that a new DNA sequencing technology can be used to study how transposons move within and bind ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...

The moment a creature dies, its DNA begins to break down. Half of it degrades every 521 years on average. By about 6.8 million years, even under ideal preservation conditions in cold, stable ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...