Anthropologist and author David Samson examines how the story of human sleep unfolded in his new book, “The Sleepless Ape.” ...

People might often claim (or disprove) the idea that humans evolved from apes. The reality, though, is that evolution isn't ...

Based on Coll Macià's upper-bound generation interval of about 30 years, there have been at least 10,000 generations of ...

A new study suggests the answer may trace back to two major shifts in human evolution: walking upright and growing bigger ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

In this new series, Human, paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi reveals our incredible story across 300,000 years of human ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

No matter where you are in the world, the humans living there are about 90 percent right-handed while the remaining 10 ...

TV presenter Ella Al-Shamahi explores human evolution in her new stand-up live show.