In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

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

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have ...

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

Human babies arrive with 100 extra bones for the same reason birth is the most dangerous event in mammalian life. Both facts ...

Tiny bump on 7 million-year-old fossil suggests ancient ape walked upright — and might even be a human ancestor The way Sahelanthropus tchadensis moved has long been debated. The discovery of a small ...

Art has sometimes thought to be exclusive to modern humans. Crimean Stone Age 'crayons' were used by Neanderthals for symbolic drawings, study claims Scientists have discovered Stone Age "crayons" in ...