Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

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

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

The findings of this study suggest that the first humans may have originated from apes that were accustomed to living in two ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...