South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

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If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

New research suggests that the unique way human placentas produce sex hormones during pregnancy may have been a key driver ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...