How the pelvis, and not bipedalism, gave humans their narrow hips
The anatomy of our pelvis is a result of an evolutionary trade-off, but perhaps it's not the one we thought
This ancient child burial is the world's oldest, dating back 80,000 years
The burial site adds to the history of humankind's symbolic commemoration of the dead
Neandertals don't deserve their bad, dim-witted reputation
Our hominin ancestor had bigger brains and probably went extinct with climate change. Who are we to judge?
Denisovans left their DNA traces in humans, but their fossils remain elusive
New study digs into ancestries of people in Island Southeast Asia
DNA from a mummified bishop's lungs shows tuberculosis infected humans only recently
New research resolves a scientific debate about when tuberculosis became established in humans
Neanderthals braided their own string
A 40,000 year old cord made of plant fiber provides unprecedented insight into our extinct relatives
Unexpected gorilla snacking behaviors make scientists question what we know about early humans
Gorillas' eating habits don't match their tooth specializations, raising questions about determining early human diets from fossil records
Scientists tried to make knives out of frozen human poop
They wondered: is it possible to cut animal hides with a human feces blade?
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Bertha Parker, the trailblazing first Indigenous North American archaeologist, taught herself how to excavate a site
What she found in a tiny crevice in Gypsum Cave rewrote the history of humans in North America
A Denisovan jaw bone is discovered; ancient human relative skeleton becomes more complete
Previously, only fragments of bone and mitochondrial DNA linked Denisovans to Homo sapiens
The world's oldest cave paintings were probably made by Neanderthals
For a long time, we thought our species were the only artists
The history of humanity is written across your smile
'The Tales Teeth Tell' traces the evolution of our teeth into "oral Swiss army knives"