A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

A vast stretch of islands across the South Pacific holds one of the oldest human stories on Earth. For tens of thousands of ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

Human-AI interactions can resemble human-human social interactions, with computers, and especially AI-driven technologies, becoming increasingly important social actors. It is in these interactions ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Scientists studied the remains of a mysterious human relative called Homo naledi found deep in a South African cave and determined they were all female.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have ...

Based on artifacts found in a limestone cave on the Mediterranean coast, scientists think the two species might have shared ...

By Daaji We often think of evolution as a slow, chromosomal crawl, but modern neuroscience is beginning to confirm what yogis ...

Modern humans are characterized by their prosociality, a broad term that encompasses intraspecies empathy, social tolerance, cooperation and altruism. These facets of social cognition have been ...