But the next time you squash one of these bloodsuckers, consider this: you are participating in a bitter rivalry that goes back to the time of Homo erectus. It turns out that mosquitoes have been ...

A new study tests the hypothesis that the consumption of the mind-altering beverage kava facilitated the emergence of complex ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Here are four possible scenarios to consider. During the last decade, digital innovations have produced a range of recruitment and evaluation tools: now, whenever you first apply for a job, you are ...

Sri Lanka’s love for dogs is wholesome and beautiful. But, behind every wagging tail lurks a public health crisis that kills silently, swiftly, and without mercy. Aloka and Manula: Stars with a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary ...

Perk up your ears and fluff your tail: trouble is brewing in the sapphic cat community, and Doechii is stepping in the litter box. On M ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. When writing headlines for stories about human evolution, ...

David Rand, a professor of natural history at Brown University, explains how studying mitochondria — the cell's energy producers — offers a useful way to understand complex gene-by-gene or ...

People act like it’s a crime to dislike cats when they genuinely aren’t friendly animals,” she wrote. “They don’t wanna be domestic just leave em alone! Like it’s not organic I’m sorrryyy be fr it’s ...

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis. Scientists ...