The (un)lucky fossil, now known as Kabwe 1, represents a turning point at a time when Africa was considered peripheral to the story of human evolution. A century later, it’s widely accepted that the ...

Artificial intelligence has painted a startling picture of human evolution, suggesting that by the year 3025, our species could bear little resemblance to its current form. Prolonged digital immersion ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Charles Darwin made this historic statement 153 years ago, “From so simple a beginning, endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” The quote from his book, On ...

As digital technology advances, the need for secure and reliable methods to prove humanness grows. Traditional identity verification systems focused on recognizing individuals—their identity, ...

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.

The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...