Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

Scientists uncover how finger-length ratios in newborns reveal hormonal influences that may have shaped human brain evolution.