How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

The adult has the same genome as when it was a caterpillar ... “Differential gene expression is really how human brains evolved,” Yi said. The molecular basis of human brain evolution is a key piece ...

Rapid evolution ... humans are evolving at a faster rate than at any point in the last 250 years. "Since the 18th century, anatomists have been studying the prevalence of this artery in adults ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Large adult brain sizes are achieved by high rates ... Brain size at birth throughout human evolution: a new method for estimating neonatal brain size in hominins. Journal of Human Evolution ...

Research conducted at the Department of Biology, University of Padova, has identified critical genomic milestones in the evolution of ... of current modern human traits. Findings challenge ...

The adults of this group varied tremendously ... afarensis was a critical species in the story of human evolution, and likely the common ancestor to all later branches of humanity, including ...

Narrator: Humans need dentists. It's a fact. In 2017 alone, Americans spent $124 billion on dental visits. And an estimated 90% of adults in the US have fillings. But many animals don't have this ...