Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

The natural and the social world shaped the evolution of each. Knowing whom to invite to dinner is as important as knowing how to cook.

Two fossil skulls found in central China are prompting fresh debate over when they lived – and where they belong in the human family tree.

Scientists rebuilt the face of “Little Foot,” a 3.67-million-year-old fossil, uncovering new clues about early human ...

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

Inside the growing scientific quest to understand what creatures with the extraordinary ability to defy the ravages of time can teach us about making human aging better.

Economists have long recognized the importance of human capital—the skills and knowledge embedded in people. More than a century ago, Alfred Marshall wrote that “the most valuable of all capital is ...

Scientists have identified a 3.3-million-year-old giant prehistoric monster crocodile species that likely hunted early human ...