Only 2% Of Humans Have Green Eyes—An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why
For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we…
Neanderthals used rhinoceros teeth as tools for making stone implements, study finds
Neanderthals did more with hunted animals than eat their meat. A new study suggests they kept and reused…
Did Humans Evolve To Eat Meat? An Evolutionary Biologist Explains What Your Anatomy Actually Reveals
The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against…
Study Finds Europe’s Neanderthals Descended from a Single Population
Europe’s late Neanderthals largely came from a single population. Credit: GreekReporter Archive Europe’s Neanderthals may have traced most…
Anthropologists Still Can’t Agree On The Answer
The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s…
How Fearsome Wolves Became Loyal Dogs — and Changed Human History Forever
The dog diverged from a now-extinct population of wolves 27,000–40,000 years ago, before or during the Last Glacial…
Neanderthals and early humans reshaped Europe’s landscapes long before the rise of agriculture, study finds
A recent study published in PLOS One reveals that Neanderthals and early modern humans began to reshape Europe’s…
Eating carrion reconsidered: how scavenging shaped human evolution and made us human
A new multidisciplinary study led by the National Center for Research on Human Evolution (CENIEH), in collaboration with…
Neanderthal-human hybrids may have been scourged by a genetic mismatch
A model of a Neanderthal woman Joe McNally/Getty Modern humans may indeed have wiped out Neanderthals – but…
Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests
The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans ……