As The Jungle Book’s King Louie knows all too well, the ability to control fire is what sets humans apart from apes, fueling our cultural and biological evolution and rocketing us into the space age.

The origin of the human chin is still being debated, as scientists have failed to work out why exactly we have one ...

Some think the rise of C-sections means that one day all births will require serious medical intervention. But a surprising new understanding of the pelvis suggests a different story ...

Although Adam Smith is well-known for emphasizing division of labor, his analysis was woefully incomplete, as Dr. Mark Thornton points out.

Migration into the Americas is not about a single “path,” but timing can still rule routes in or out. The Holzman evidence supports the idea of a southward movement of ancestral Clovis-era populations ...

Two weeks of relentless atmospheric rivers inundated Western Washington in December 2025. Rivers swelled to historic levels, threatened homes, ...

The ASU study challenges the idea that early human societies were largely egalitarian, arguing instead that inequality in social influence has deep evolutionary roots. Drawing on archaeological ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

International scientists have discovered a stencil of a hand in Indonesia that dates back nearly 68,000 years, making it the oldest known cave artwork ever discovered, per a study published Wednesday ...

Ancient Greek mythology is far more than a collection of fantastical stories—it is a mirror of how the ancient Greeks understood the world, human nature, and the forces that shaped their lives. At the ...

Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from Bar-Ilan University in Israel finds. Jellyfish sleep a third of every day ...