Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to ...

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, ...

Research at CCMB in Hyderabad reveals genetic links between diet quality and brain size evolution in primates.

Humans change the urban landscape with religious, cultural and political activities, which in turn can influence the ...

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we can see traces of more than two million years of human evolution, as well ...

The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade 12 learners, aged 17 and 18 years, ...