Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely ...

One finding that particularly conflicts with past assumptions is that Neanderthal brains grew throughout their history, ...

Millions of years ago, Lucy revolutionized our understanding of human evolution. Now, discover how her contemporaries add ...

Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between species.

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than earlier species, a new study of human brain evolution has found.

Hidden deep inside our brain is a small structure that regulates our response to danger. Despite its size, it has a major ...

Modern humans, Neanderthals, and other recent relatives on our human family tree evolved bigger brains much more rapidly than ...

It was already pretty hot by the time Donald Johanson and his graduate student, Tom Gray, arrived at the site at Hadar, ...

Recent research challenges the theory that long childhood in humans is due to large brain sizes. Instead, analysis of early ...

A new study comparing neurons from different primates pinpointed several genetic changes unique to humans that buffer our ...

Ever find yourself leaving a social gathering wondering, "Did they like me?" or "Was that joke too much?" It turns out your ...