This Tiny, Apelike Human Relative Could Rewrite the History of Our Species

However, paleoanthropologists, who look for evidence explaining human evolution, are far from convinced. The chances that ...

She was half ape, half human—and she may hold the secret to what makes us who we are

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

The most controversial fossil site in human evolution just got even more puzzling

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and ...

AI Humanizers Promise More ‘Human’ Writing—But Authenticity Is Hard To Capture

AI humanizers promise to make AI-generated text sound more natural. Learn how they work, why they're popular, and whether ...

New findings challenge idea that human bodies simply got bigger and bigger over time in a steady line

The biggest jump in body size among our ancestors happened around 2–2.5 million years ago, with the appearance of Homo rudolfensis or Homo erectus/ergaster, rather than gradually across the whole ...