A stunning discovery buried deep inside a cave for 1.8 million years is rewriting the story of human evolution.

Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields ...

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 ...

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have applied themselves to questions like this, considering how AI will alter ...

A stunning discovery buried deep inside a cave for 300,000 years has revealed a lost chapter in human history.

Orangutan Win Gayo in the Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem, Sumatra. Source: The Orangutan Project/with permission. I recently learned about two books by Leif Cocks, founder of The Orangutan Project and a ...