Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

Every step you take depends on a structure most people rarely think about. The pelvis sits at the center of the body and ...

Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ancestors hunted, cooled themselves and survived.

Humans have been walking on two legs for millions of years. All vertebrate species have a pelvis, but only humans use it for upright, two-legged walking.* The evolution of the human pelvis, and our ...

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

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A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...

Archaeologists in Georgia have unearthed a 1.8-million-year-old jawbone belonging to an early human species. The find is expected to shed light on some of the earliest prehistoric human settlements on ...