Animals and humans have always coexisted. Before cities, nomadic hunter-gatherers depended on animals for food, transport, ...

Here are some of the most compelling and intriguing examples of when humans changed the evolution of animals. Read more: 13 New Animal Species That Were Discovered In 2024 Perhaps the most classic ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, ...

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

Tiktaalik roseae had fish-like fins, a flattened skull (similar to a crocodile), and is thought to have lived in shallow water, using its fins to prop itself up ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

Scientists call it cumulative cultural evolution. As an anthropologist, I study a different feature of human culture that researchers are beginning to think about: the diversity of our traditions.

Whereas animal cultures affect just a few crucial ... Through open-ended cultural evolution, human beings produce open-endedness in culture. In this respect, our species is unparalleled.