The Census is of the most vital tools we have to collect data at a population level, capturing a snapshot of millions...
It began as a joke. A paleoanthropologist, a geneticist and a blood specialist were hanging around an espresso machin...
Two new studies out today in The Lancet Planetary Health reveal the stark reality of climate-related mortality, showi...
Homalictus fijiensis, female of the species. Credit: James Dorey Australian researchers have used DNA analysis to ...
Research into an impeccably preserved skull, known as the Harbin cranium, has suggested it might belong to a new huma...
One of the great human evolution detective stories has had a chapter added, with the release of new DNA evidence extr...
Socialised gender norms may influence the economic expectations men and women have. A recent study published in PN...
You may have heard that the human brain can manage social relationships with about 150 people. Or perhaps you heard 2...
It’s an age-old question in evolution: how did humans become the dominant primate, able to venture out from tropical ...
The closest ancestor to modern humans – Neanderthals – were capable of understanding and producing human speech, acco...
An image of a kangaroo has been identified as Australia’s oldest known rock painting, dated to over 17,000 years old....
Researchers have identified a mutated gene that appears to be responsible for a large disparity between Neanderthal a...
