A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Like other living creatures, humans have been shaped by evolution. Over time, we have developed – and continue to develop – traits that help us survive.

One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Learn how the chin became an evolutionary byproduct that's unique to humans.

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

A new analysis argues that this daily work of processing and cooking food helped reshape human bodies and social life. It ...