A collection of 3-million-year-old bones unearthed 50 years ago in Ethiopia changed our understanding of human origins.

The temporal lobe—a key area of our brain responsible for our ... Temporal lobe evolution in Hominidae and the origin of human lobe proportions, American Journal of Biological Anthropology ...

Research published in Nature Ecology & Evolution introduces a novel method for inferring DNA methylation patterns in non-skeletal tissues from ancient specimens, providing new insights into human ...

Also known as Homo heidelbergensis, this species has a brain that was larger than H. erectus' and smaller than that of a modern human. The brain was enclosed in a skull that was more rounded than H.

may have triggered the evolution of a large brain like that of modern humans, rather than the reverse. Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo ...