Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

A metaphor for terror and beauty in classic literature, the tiger became a symbol of sorrow when it recently emerged that 72 ...

Back from the brink. Under a microscope at Chester Zoo, UK, a greater Bermuda snail (Poecilozonites bermudensis) awaits its ...

Laughter is good medicine. Too much laughter may cause laugh syncope, a rare condition characterized by a transient loss of ...

Images: N. Spassov, D. Youlatos, M. Böhme, R. Bogdanova, L. Hristova, D. Begun The Graecopithecus femur from Azmaka, Bulgaria, (left ...

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a ...

Classic last PMQs before a by-election: rancour, raspberries, general dudgeon. Sir Keir Starmer was super-miffed at all his ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

The human chin is uniquely human, and the assumption has always been that it must have evolved for a specific purpose, perhaps to strengthen the jaw during chewing or speech. After all, chimpanzees ...

New research suggests female reindeer antlers serve as postpartum snacks, with new moms munching on them after giving birth ...