Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

New insights have emerged into how the human brain develops. Two genes that are unique to humans work together to influence ...

Bone fragments from a cave in northern Spain suggest there were multiple hominin species living in western Europe around a ...

The research team at the Atapuerca archaeological sites in Burgos, Spain, has just broken its own record by discovering, for ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means of communicating with each other – how did it crop up independently at about ...

However, behind every high-performing AI system lies a critical foundation that human annotators built. These individuals meticulously label the raw data—images, text and audio clips—that feed ...

Researchers have discovered genes linked to obesity in both Labradors and humans. They say the effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise regime. Researchers studying British ...

Scientists report that a fossil of a partial face from a early human ancestor in Spain is between 1.1 and 1.4 million years old.

Undoubtedly. But as we report this week, Mr Johnson is not alone. He is part of a growing movement that sees the human body as just another piece of hardware to be hacked, optimised and upgraded.

Labradors and humans share multiple genes associated with obesity, researchers have found. Scientists at the University of Cambridge found the gene most strongly linked with obesity in Labradors ...

Especially when it comes to communication. With no common human–dog language, our ability to communicate relies on understanding and reading our pet, and vice versa. That process can seem seamless.

By Carl Zimmer Humans, unlike most other species, have a knack for making tools. Six million years ago, our apelike ancestors probably smashed nuts with rocks or caught termites with sticks.