Our brain’s evolution makes it nearly impossible to commit to a multi-generational mission like interstellar travel, says one evolutionary anthropologist. However, humans have worked successfully on ...

Lake Turkana in northern Kenya is often called the cradle of humankind. Home to some of the earliest hominids, its ...

Saliva is a bodily fluid most of us take for granted despite the significant roles it plays: aiding in digestion, maintaining ...

The tallest man to ever live was Robert Wadlow, who reached a staggering 2.72m. That's equal to a very large male ostrich or Shaquille O'Neal with two bowling pins balanced on his head.

Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with our everyday lives.

Researchers believe a skull unearthed in 1990 suggests the emergence of the human species occurred 400,000 years earlier than previously believed The fossil was discovered in China’s Hubei Province ...

Hunting is considered critical to human evolution by many researchers who believe that several characteristics that distinguish humans from our closest ...

There’s a reason why ancient wisdom never truly grows old. Long before science tried to trace the journey of life through ...