Five major discoveries from 2021 are presented as milestones in human evolution research: the oldest figurative cave art in ...

Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every corner of the world, and can thrive in deserts, tropical rainforests and even ...

What will humans look like in the future? From stronger bodies to bigger brains, or maybe even merging with machines. Human evolution is far from over. But it’s not just natural selection shaping our ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their preference to ...

For 11 days in late summer 2025, Aleksey Maro found himself in the Ugandan rainforest, doing whatever he could to collect chimpanzee urine. "The most consistent, predictable time is in the morning.