Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

A team of scientists led by the British Museum have unearthed the earliest known evidence of fire making, dating back over ...

From bonobos and rats to tickling robots, research is finally cracking the secrets of why we’re ticklish, and what that ...

India’s seed diversity faces rising corporate capture and GE risks; farmers fight for sovereignty and agroecology. Explore what’s at stake and why it matters.

The artist-owned stock media agency’s report, Signs of Life, signals a world turning away from automation towards IRL ...

Biological evolution works slowly. Genetic changes that truly adapt humans to new environments generally require many ...

What muscles feet have, how your brain controls them, and how humans evolved all play a part in why people can’t easily move ...

A major new study has revealed that a group of people in southern Africa lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands ...

Most of the muscles of your foot let you point your toes down, like when you stand on tiptoes, or lift them up, like when you walk on your heels. These muscles also help feet roll slightly inward or ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.