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Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

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The birds of today descended from the dinosaurs of yore. Researchers have known relatively little, however, about how the ...

Our readers look back to the oldest known musical instrument and consider the role music had in bringing communities together ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces–our teeth. Several fossil teeth dating ...

But Phoenix is growing up fast. Every piece of data it gleans from training sessions is fed into Sanctuary’s crown jewel, an ...

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...