Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

Michael Bond explains how animals have influenced our minds and cultures and why human exceptionalism is downright misleading ...

A new study challenges the age of a site in Chile, called Monte Verde, that's crucial to our understanding of how people got ...

Humans really are everywhere. More than any other vertebrate species, we have managed to quickly spread across the planet and ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

How humans move is an open question, according to Mark Latash, distinguished professor of kinesiology at Penn State. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Investigations ...

The animal kingdom is full of examples of species that can fully regenerate their vision, but unfortunately, humans are not among them. A new study highlights that mammals aren’t without some nifty ...

We think the human body is fully mapped. In reality, anatomy is still incomplete, and shaped by who was studied, and who wasn ...

Two decades ago, psychologist Christopher Peterson claimed that the emerging field of positive psychology could be summarized in three words: Other people matter. These words could just as well ...

How monogamous are humans, really? It’s an age-old question subject to significant debate. Now a University of Cambridge professor has an answer: somewhere between the Eurasian beaver and a meerkat.