(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

Human Evolution has come pretty far during our time on Earth. But, do you ever wonder, what humans could evolve to look like ...

Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

Humankind stands at an evolutionary crossroads, and the key to our survival lies in awakening a latent potential within the ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction of the crushed skull labelled Yunxian 2, which has features that are closer to species thought to have existed ...

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 ...

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...

The human ability to cook may seem ordinary, but it marks one of the most important evolutionary turning points in our ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...