Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

There’s a problem with that “March of Progress” picture that’s so often used to illustrate our species’ development: it ends. Human evolution, the image implies, began in apehood and finishes here, ...

Isabel Garett animates an almost biblical retelling of the beginning of all time, from human evolution to primordial soups (literally!) ...

Abstract: Recent diffusion models have made significant advancements in generating lifelike videos from driving signals, including a reference character and a skeleton sequence. Nevertheless, these ...

Archaeologists in Georgia have discovered a 1.8-million-year-old jawbone at Orozmani, providing insights into early human settlements in Eurasia. The site offers crucial information on the migration ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions of years to allow us to accomplish our bizarre ...

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism. By Carl Zimmer Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of evolution in 1859, in “On the Origin of Species.” But it took ...

Jasmine Laws is a US News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K. Her focus is reporting on health insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, but she also writes about U.S. politics, crime and ...

Excavations at Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan have uncovered a remarkable Neanderthal burial, challenging our views on their symbolic and ritualistic behaviors. This burial, dating between 60,000 ...