Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

Carvings uncovered in the Canadian Arctic may be the earliest portraits of the Vikings created in the Americas. But archaeologists have been puzzling over whether the artwork really shows the infamous ...

Washington has seen drops in identification with Christian religious sects and some growth in populations of “other religions,” but Draper said the most notable change to him was the increase in ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical ...

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Humans evolved larger brains and flatter faces much faster than other apes, suggesting that intelligence shaped our skulls.