For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we know about ...

Red meat has long occupied a near-mythic place in the story of human evolution. It is often cast as the food that helped make ...

A glass of milk can still mark a line through humanity. For most adults, drinking it brings discomfort because the body ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Learn more about humans’ 3-million-year-long relationship with red meat, and how the food that shaped human evolution may now come with a high health and environmental cost in the modern age.

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Researchers reveals how walking on two legs and expanding brain size drove the evolution of human right-handedness.

It’s no secret that life in the 21st century moves at a rapid pace. Human inventions such as the Internet, mobile phones and fiber optic cable have increased the speed of communication, making it ...

Why do we kiss? The answer involves ancient apes, immune systems and a neurochemical cocktail in the human brain that few can ...