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Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

New research indicates that humans shaped their environments through hunting and controlled use of fire tens of thousands of ...

Over the past half century, researchers have established that birds evolved from dinosaurs: specifically, the theropods, the ...

Scientists believe they have uncovered the 'missing link' in human evolution, showing how our species may have evolved.

Gut Microbes may have helped fuel the evolution of large human brains, shaping brain metabolism and gene activity, new ...

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

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

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Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

The skull had the brow of a descendant but the face of an ancestor. When researchers finished reconstructing the DAN5/P1 cranium from Ethiopia’s Afar region, dated to between 1.6 and 1.5 million years ...

Ethel Cain, stage name and fictional persona of 27-year-old Hayden Anhedönia of Florida, is the voice of 2020s alternative pop. She has been among my top three artists for the past four years, and for ...