Human fossils uncovered in a cave at the Thomas I quarry near Casablanca are offering fresh insight into a critical phase of ...

Veteran Product and UX Design Leader Joseph Dickerson introduces a new platform that merges human-centered design with ...

Could we - that is, Homo sapiens - and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on ...

The Moroccan fossils now provide tangible evidence from this mysterious transitional period. What makes these fossils particularly significant is the precision with which they can be dated. The ...

Around 60,000 years ago, people in southern Africa were already using poisoned arrows as part of their hunting strategies.

Scientists have long suspected that the trillions of microbes in our intestines do more than digest lunch, but new work goes ...

A new Northwestern University study suggests gut microbes can reshape brain function and energy use, offering fresh insight ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

A collection of bones from Casablanca holds important new clues to the origins of modern humans and Neanderthals.

Between roughly 600,000 and one million years ago, Africa’s fossil record goes strangely quiet. Genetic evidence suggests ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...