Why Humans Cry Emotional Tears, And No Other Animal Does — By A Psychologist

Emotional tears are a uniquely human behavior. Research suggests they evolved not for eye health but as a powerful social ...
Earth.com

Only humans have true chins, and that may be an evolutionary accident

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...
New Scientist

Humans are the only primates with a chin – now we finally know why

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a ...

Why Don’t Humans Have A Mating Season? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

What Your DNA Reveals About the Sex Life of Neanderthals

Most people alive today carry fragments of Neanderthal DNA in their genome. Now scientists are gaining a more intimate ...

Humans&, a ‘human-centric’ AI startup founded by Anthropic, xAI, Google alums, raised $480M seed round

Humans&, a startup that believes AI should empower people, not replace them, has reportedly raised a $480 million seed round at a $4.48 billion valuation.
Live Science

Humans and Neanderthals interbred — but it was mostly male Neanderthals and female humans who coupled up, study finds

A preference for pairings between male Neanderthals and female Homo sapiens may answer the question of why there are "Neanderthal deserts" in human chromosomes.
Smithsonian Magazine

Humans May Have Used These Mysterious Symbols to Encode Information Tens of Thousands of Years Before the First Writing Systems

The symbols, discovered on 40,000-year-old artifacts in caves in southwest Germany, may have been a precursor to the first written language ...