The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Could a Moroccan cave hold a crucial piece of the puzzle of human origins? Hominin fossils dating back 773,000 years discovered in the country are bringing new evidence to the debate about the last ...

A team of experts have found a tooth in Ethiopia which may rewrite our human family tree and forever alter our understanding of where we came from.

A fossilized foot found in the dusty sediments of northern Ethiopia has reopened one of paleoanthropology’s most consequential questions: how many species of early hominins walked the Earth at the ...

It’s a common mistake to think we came directly from the monkeys or chimps you see at the zoo today, […] ...

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave art that we don’t have the technology to date. Columnist Michael Marshall ...

February 21, 2026: The World 17 update means we have a new Brainrot Evolution code here to use to get you started. Want new Brainrot Evolution codes? We can help you keep up your dependency on the ...

When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

25th February 2025: We added a new Brainrot Evolution code. Brainrot Evolution is a pets-style Roblox game where you'll focus on evolving your Italian Brainrot. You start off as a puny little thing ...

A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved. Though fully grown adults were remarkably small and lightweight, their ...

Rhythm is everywhere. Even if you don't think you have it — it's fundamental to humans' biological systems. Our heartbeat is rhythmic. Speech is rhythmic. Even as newborn babies, humans can track ...