If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

Learn more about the human tailbone and how, even though we may not have a strict need for it anymore, it still helps us with ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Human flexibility in shoulders and elbows originated from ancient apes' need for safe tree descent. A new study reveals chimpanzees, unlike monkeys, ...

This very lifestyle, of standing and walking on two legs unlike some of our primate predecessors, may have been key to supercharging the survival and reproductive advantage of our ancestral species.

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

Humans are evolving faster than previously thought, with studies revealing shrinking jaws and a decrease in wisdom teeth due ...

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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 ...