It's hard to imagine a world where Homo sapiens could have gotten very far without hands. Over thousands of years, our species has been heavily reliant on palms and fingers to accomplish a wide ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

At the heart of scientific questions about the origins of humanity lie questions of human nature. Are Homo sapiens intrinsically lovers or fighters, predators or prey, lucky survivors or inevitable ...

The origin story of the human species is far from set in stone. But what is set in stone is the fossil evidence that scientists study as they piece together our origin story. National Geographic ...