As such, he named the Neanderthal Thorin after the Tolkien character. “Thorin in the Hobbit is one of the last dwarf kings ...

Scientists have found new evidence for how our fossil human relatives in South Africa may have used their hands.

We now know the adolescent brain goes through a new phase of plasticity in which environmental factors can have major lasting effects on cortical circuitry ...

On April 25–26, 2025, scholars, artists, diplomats, professionals, and community members gathered in Houston, Texas, for a ...

Both ancient human species showed signs of simultaneously using their hands to move around – such as by climbing trees – as ...

We now have full genome sequences for six species of apes, helping us to pin down our last common ancestor – and potentially ...

The question of where we come from is one that has fascinated humans for centuries,” states Dr. Trevor Cousins of the ...

Up and down, in more ways than one. By comparing fossilized finger bones of Homo naledi to those of a 2-million-year-old ...