Archaeologists find earliest known use of poison-laced weapons by humans - Prehistoric humans had advanced planning abilities ...

A long-term study examining wolf–human interactions in Türkiye reveals the delicate balance between ecology and society.

According to recent research, humans may have a new touch-related sense that allows us to detect buried objects without ...

Newly sequenced Native genomes showcase a wealth of surprises, from previously unknown populations to unique high-altitude adaptations.

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

A recent peer-reviewed study published in Nature Scientific Reports and reported on in NewScientist suggests that, in general, humans cannot distinguish between human-written poetry and poems written ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

The results of the study could benefit both cats and humans alike, according to scientists Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has previously ...

A 2015 report published by a private genomics testing company found that 2% of 345 hot dogs tested contained traces of human DNA. However, it was unclear whether that report was a peer-reviewed study, ...

Early avocado farmers left a lasting mark on the development of agriculture. Safaritravelplus via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 1.0 Thousands of years before avocados graced supermarket shelves or were ...