The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

The space of cultural possibilities, suddenly, has expanded. Through open-ended cultural evolution, human beings produce open-endedness in culture. In this respect, our species is unparalleled.

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out ... a significant discovery that suggests human beings came from at least two different ...

MailOnline's graphic below shows this 'hidden chapter' in human evolution spanning from 1.5 million years ago (top) until the modern-day (bottom). For the study, the team used data from the ...

The story of human evolution just took a dramatic turn. According to a groundbreaking study published in Nature, modern humans may have inherited 20% of their DNA—and a boost in brainpower ...

All this is understandable in the light of evolution theory ... Minimal mutational distances between human cytochrome C and the cytochrome C of other living beings are as follows: ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

The space of cultural possibilities, suddenly, has expanded. Through open-ended cultural evolution, human beings produce open-endedness in culture. In this respect, our species is unparalleled.

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

An anthropocentric approach is based on the belief that human beings are the most important entity on earth, and other beings ...