The placenta and the hormones it produces may have played a crucial role in the evolution of the human brain, while also leading to the behavioral traits that have made human societies able to ...

Recent technological advances are allowing neuroscientists to map the human brain with increasing precision, highlighting connections between different regions and their function in greater depth ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...