A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.
A set of fossilized footprints discovered on the Greek island of Crete has been dated to around 6.05 million years ago, ...
Why do we have big brains? Or walk on two legs? Biological anthropologist and broadcaster Alice Roberts talks human ...
The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fossil cranium, which is around 1 million years old and was initially ...
The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...