A drop in the number of huge animals 200,000 years ago may have forced ancient humans to abandon heavy-duty stone tools in favour of lightweight toolkits to hunt smaller animals. That’s according to a ...

We don't really understand AI's inner workings, so we're effectively flying blind. The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic ...

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Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence that humans reached New Guinea and Australia around 60,000 years ago—earlier than some recent theories suggested. By tracing maternal DNA lineages, the ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Among the many other human species that once inhabited ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Wisdom teeth are more than just an uncomfortable dentist appointment. They are evidence of ...

Teeth are like tiny biological time capsules. They tell stories about ancient diets and environments long after their owners have died and landscapes have changed. After bones break down, tooth enamel ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Until now, modern hominoids—humans, human ancestors, and apes—were thought to have diverged from monkeys in East Africa. The ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Identity recognition is probably the least important function our fingerprints might serve ...

A virus that typically infects marine animals, such as shrimp and fish, has jumped to humans and is causing chronic eye disease in some people, according to a study published in the journal Nature ...

Say you accidentally cut the tip of your finger off. Especially if this happened to you as a child, there’s a good chance it would regrow—skin, nail and all. The same is true for other mammals such as ...