Aug 20, 2025 · Humans Did childcare fuel language? A new book makes the case Rearing our unusually underdeveloped young may account for the evolution of language. Michael Marshall …

Sep 9, 2025 · Humans How cosmic events may have influenced hominin evolution Some cosmic events could have profoundly altered the lives of our ancient human relatives. Did …

Aug 25, 2025 · One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously …

Features Humans Evolution has made humans both Machiavellian and born socialists Features Humans 70,000 years ago humans underwent a major shift – that’s why we exist Comment

Sep 10, 2025 · Most human populations evolved to cope with low or high local levels of micronutrients such as zinc, but these localised adaptations might now be problematic

Jun 20, 2025 · Unlike other primates, humans are exposed to high levels of placental sex hormones in utero, which may have shaped our evolutionary brain development

Human evolution is the study of how our species has developed over time and continues to change today. By analysing fossils, artefacts and DNA, we can trace the history of our …

Aug 27, 2025 · As we report in “An incredible Denisovan skull is upending the story of human evolution”, there are growing calls to give species status to a group of ancient humans known …

Jun 4, 1994 · As Darwin envisaged it, evolution occurs over millions of years, with natural selection within populations giving rise to new species. But what we know about human …

Rewriting human evolution If you feel like the story of where and when we came from is constantly being rewritten at the minute, you’re not alone. The last few years have been marked by a …