Human evolution has revolved around food, from identifying and foraging for it to growing and preparing it. Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a region in the brain's visual cortex ...

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Though natural selection favours self-interest, humans are extraordinarily good at cooperating with one another. Why?

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In Greek mythology, a chimera is a grotesque hybrid. But chimeras are not just tales. Here's how some scientists have been ...

Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. More than 400 miles long, it is the continent's deepest ...

New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Explore the fascinating discovery of the African predator Bastetodon syrtos, an ancient prehistoric carnivore from Egypt.