Now some scientists claim in a new paper that culture has actually overtaken genetics as the leading force shaping human evolution, marking a major shift. Timothy Waring, an economist at the ...

The Putnam Museum and Science Center has a new exhibit. “Animal Armor: The Evolution of Armor in Dinosaurs and Prehistoric ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle ...

Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside ...

Some ancient societies in Asia appear to have smoke-dried their dead, effectively mummifying them thousands of years earlier ...

Scientists have discovered what’s thought to be the oldest known mummies in the world in southeastern Asia, dating back up to ...

Researchers found human remains that were buried in crouched or squatted positions with some cuts and burn marks in various archaeological sites across China and Vietnam, and to a lesser extent, from ...