An international team of scientists representing Russia, Germany, and the United States have found a unique mechanism at work in the DNA of…
A recent re-examination of artifacts collected from Israel’s central Negev desert has revealed important details about the development of human culture in the…
During the process of fossilization, all organic compounds--such as those that make up cells and tissues—disappear, leaving behind remains composed strictly of mineral.…
Updated 13 November, 2021 - 13:57 Sahir Homo erectus , literally upright man, is an extinct species of archaic human from the Pleistocene,…
Updated 9 September, 2022 - 18:50 Sahir Neanderthals, a subspecies of archaic humans who split from modern humans sometime between 300,000 and 80,000…
A new study has shown that the origins of human communication began with hand gestures, and not sounds. The research team discovered this…
In his newly published book Between Ape and Human , retired anthropologist Gregory Forth breaks the taboo that normally separates traditional anthropological and…
Updated 7 November, 2017 - 18:56 aprilholloway For those that believe human beings were created in God’s own image, the idea that we…
Updated 16 December, 2022 - 14:00 Nathan Falde Conventional wisdom says that ancient humans made the transition from walking on four legs to…
A new study by a pair of Israeli researchers published in the Royal Society journal Philosophical Transactions B puts forward a fresh and…
Never shy about courting controversy, the Hindu nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has removed references to Charles Darwin and his…
Modern humans first left Africa and migrated to Eurasia between 60,000 and 100,000 years ago . But a fossilized skeleton with surprisingly human-like…