Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

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We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can't see, such as what foods different people are able to digest. When ...

A study quantifies for the first time the speed at which ape species have evolved, showing that the 'sapiens' skull and face evolved twice as fast as other species due to cognitive advantages and ...

Is God a singular, independent being? Or just an evolved projection of human's theory of what God should be? Slate's Jesse Bering finds himself asking these heady questions after an analysis of how ...

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent toxin: lead. A groundbreaking study reveals that hominids — from early ...

My son is a wizard. He walks into the kitchen, looks at me and utters the magic words: “Can I have a cheese and tomato sandwich, please?” A few minutes later, just such a snack appears in front of him ...

Your brain might have a hidden neural layer that puts you in touch with the same “figures” during altered states of ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

Unlike Mowgli, humans, in general, aren’t believed to have been raised by animals, although some of them are regarded as close genetic cousins. Chimpanzees, for instance. About 40 miles southeast of ...