A Crash Course In Human Evolution With Anthropologist Chris Stringer' What was the timeline of human evolution? What was our last common ancestor? In this quickfire special, anthropologist and ...
The researchers also found that the sex most involved in raising offspring tends to have a greater lifespan. In longer-lived ...
When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes. But our ...
A study published in Science Advances and led by the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, uncovers how flexibility made ...
An analysis of stone tools found in Italy and Lebanon indicates that around 42,000 years ago, modern humans in Europe and the ...
Some sixty years after her grandmother discovered “Nutcracker Man,” Louise Leakey unearths his long-lost hand—reviving a ...
Hand fossils unearthed in Kenya reveal that an extinct human relative called Paranthropus boisei had unexpected dexterity and gorilla-like strength.
UB anthropologist Phillips Stevens discusses how belief in the supernatural is a survival strategy in the latest Driven to ...
Following Jane Goodall's death, chimp experts explain how her early observations still influence our understanding of our ape ...
For thousands of years, people in the Andes have chewed the leaves of the coca plant to stave off hunger, treat altitude sickness, and sustain energy ...
Debunked ideas don’t stop being dangerous once they’re debunked. They return when conditions make them useful again — ...