Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

In a nutshell Different human species shared identical cultural practices 100,000 years ago, suggesting social interaction ...

Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and ... Whose Tale Is Intertwined With Climate Change and Human Culture Oct. 30, 2024 — Geneticists ...

In any event, human cultural evolution blocked any path to elephant civilization. The history of human collective risk management has had the structure of a ratchet. Major risks have been managed ...

Now it turns out that some birdsongs also contain a hidden world of shared language, with varying local accents and dialects ...

For the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that because our ancestral ape ...

leading to chemical reactions in the oceans that set the stage for early animal evolution Sara Hashemi A new book highlights the beautiful work of Jay Matternes, an accomplished artist who drew ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...