(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Frequent burn exposure may have driven human genetic adaptations that improve healing but worsen severe injury outcomes.

A composite view of the Earth constructed by NASA from multiple satellite images Editor at Large Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fossil cranium, which is around 1 million years old and was initially believed to belong to Homo erectus, is now ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning “large head people”—they’ve recently been introduced to science under the ...

Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...