Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth.

Rumors of cannibalism in pre-historic Europe have only recently been confirmed. A new study published in the journal ...

In a groundbreaking shift to our understanding of life’s origins, a new study from Penn State University challenges the ...

Human genes that encode proteins often contain non-coding segments known as introns. Removing introns is crucial for the proper expression of genetic information. Understanding how our cells ...

Jean-Jacques Hublin discovered Homo sapiens fossils that pushed back our species’ origins by 100,000 years. Now, in a new ...