Archeologists have traced evidence of right-hand dominance back to the Neolithic era, but some argue it’s been true since ...

A new study suggests humans became overwhelmingly right-handed because of two major evolutionary shifts: walking on two legs ...

With talons larger than a grizzly’s and stealth built for Amazon ambushes, it’s no wonder the harpy eagle is considered one ...

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

It is one of the strangest puzzles in human evolution. About 90% of people across every human culture favor their right ...

UCL scientists found that human skulls evolved much faster than those of other apes, reflecting the powerful forces driving our brain growth and facial flattening. By comparing 3D models of ape skulls ...

Three years on, the Forests, People, Climate initiative is struggling to say what it is—and why that matters more than anyone ...

Human birth has a reputation for danger. The usual explanation is simple enough: walking upright narrowed the pelvis, while ...

In many primate species, males are much larger than their female counterparts, which is generally attributed to male ...

Male primates may be larger than females partly because of pressure from rival groups, not just competition with males inside ...