Humans like plants. We like seeing them change the color of their leaves throughout the year. They connect us to nature even ...

Fresh findings about arm and leg bones advance the debate over whether Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, but not ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.

A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily on two feet. A new analysis of fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal walking go back 7 million years.

Researchers identify a shared RNA-protein interaction that could lead to broad-spectrum antiviral treatments for ...

The building, which looked like a converted one-story motel, had two entrances: one to a restaurant and bar, the other to ...

But some Neanderthal DNA helped modern humans survive and reproduce, and thus it has lingered in our genomes. Nowadays, ...

Two human rights proposals at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting drew support from more than a quarter of voting shares — far more than any other outside proposals this year. The results, ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...

I began thinking about invasive species this past summer when two of them made their first appearances in my yard. No, they were not my in-laws. Like in-laws, though, the Asiatic jumping worms and the ...

Handing peanuts to a squirrel in a city park may seem harmless, but a new study shows that red squirrels in fed parks became pregnant 24 percent more often than forest females. The research team ...