The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift of species may be affecting the well-being of ...

The Indigenous African Hadza and South American Tsimane share gut microorganisms that shed light on human dispersals and ...

On the right is a depiction of an early Homo human ancestor characterized by relatively greater bone strength of the femur in the thigh compared to the humerus in the arm. To the left is a depiction ...

Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought to hide instead in the DNA that controls when and where ...

This is a replica of an Archaic Homo sapiens skull. The maximum cranial length of the skull is 17.5cm and the Basion-bregma height is 12.5cm. According to the map picoted below, Archaic Homo-sapiens ...

More than two decades after scientists first sequenced the entire human genome — all 3 billion “letters,” or base pairs, of DNA code — the meaning of much of this code remains a mystery. While an ...

Nearly four years after ChatGPT brought artificial intelligence into the mainstream, the industry is confronting a new constraint. For years, progress was measured largely through scale: more ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Human evolution wasn’t a steady ...

A craving for sweets may have helped set the stage for the evolution of the human brain. Over 4 million years, our lineage’s brains grew from about 300 grams to 1,500 grams. Much of the brain growth ...

A bipedal artificial intelligence firm is evolving into a new Midtown South office, Commercial Observer has learned. The deal represents a relocation for the AI firm from its previous offices a few ...

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with finger-length patterns linked to higher estrogen exposure before birth ...

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in human evolution—brain growth and the reduction in the size of the face and ...