In the dry sediment of Woranso-Mille in Ethiopia’s Afar region, a set of fossil bones kept pointing researchers back to the same question. The partial foot, known as BRT-VP-2/73 or the Burtele foot, ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

Humans are fundamentally "musical animals"—and our capacity for music is rooted in biology, not just culture. This is the conclusion of new work by University of Amsterdam professor of Music Cognition ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

Little Foot’s face looks like it has been through a slow-motion car crash, because it has. For millions of years, rock ...

An international team of researchers has presented this week the analysis of a fossil discovered in Bulgaria that could ...

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 ...

Little Foot, a 3.67 million-year-old human ancestor, is getting a digital facial reconstruction after her skull was crushed ...

Manufacturers adopting Industry 5.0 are using AI, collaborative robots (cobots) and digital twins to enhance decision-making while empowering workers to optimize operations.

This observation – that animal lineages evolve toward larger body sizes – is known as Cope's rule. It’s most prominently seen ...

The modern educational experience is a clear example of how mismatched today's world is from ancestral conditions.