Chimpanzees in Uganda use plants to treat wounds and help injured companions, revealing potential roots of human medicine.

Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of how human evolution cherry-picked ...

From her studies, Fiona concluded that the relative absence of creepy-crawlies was the biggest reason chimpanzees build nests ...

Imagine a creature nearly twice the size of a modern African elephant, which can weigh up to 6,000 kg. This was Elephas ...

A fossilized femur attributed to the hominin species Graecopithecus freybergi is offering fresh clues about how human ...

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

More than three million years ago, in the area that is now Ethiopia, our early human ancestors lived in a landscape that ...

Between 2 million and 3 million years ago, humans appeared in Africa — but identifying them in the fossil record is turning ...

A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

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

ATLANTA — Mosquitoes haven't always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their ...