The answer, unfortunately, is often waterways, where the tiny microplastic particles from the tires’ synthetic rubber carry several chemicals that can transfer into fish, crabs and perhaps even the ...

Called Homo juluensis, or “big head,” this species could help piece together missing info about humanity around the late Middle Pleistocene.

In Hinduism, when the world has reached the point of becoming unbalanced, that is, injustice becomes void of accountability; ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

The evolutionary shifts driven by human over-exploitation risk undermining some fish populations beyond recovery, according to researchers, who looked at almost a quarter of a century of fish DNA.

Beyond rewriting the story of human origins, this research highlights a broader trend in evolutionary science—the realization that species rarely evolve in isolated, distinct lineages.

Is This 'Crab-Like' Human Skeleton for Real? As the rumors go, the skeleton was recovered from the “Le Lanchon experiments” on human evolution.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

The findings push back the timing of ancient human rainforest occupation "by more than double," said archaeologist Eslem Ben Arous.

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...