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Brown bears living near villages in central Italy have evolved to be less aggressive, according to a new study, the latest to show how humans are…

Humans are playing in the premier league of monogamous mammals, according to a new ranking of animals by their reproductive habits, but we may need a…

Humans mastered the art of creating fire 400,000 years ago, almost 350,000 years earlier than previously known, according to a groundbreaking discovery in a field in…

December 10, 20253 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient Humans Were Making Fire 350,000 Years Earlier Than Scientists RealizedMaking fire on demand was a milestone…

The presence of an extraordinary circle of yawning pits created by Neolithic people near Stonehenge has been proved thanks to a novel combination of scientific techniques,…

November 19, 20253 min readKissing May Have Evolved 21.5 Million Years AgoHumans and their ancestors have likely been kissing for a very long timeBy Stephanie Pappas…

From Galápagos albatrosses to polar bears, chimpanzees to orangutans, certain species appear to kiss. Now researchers suggest Neanderthals did it too – and might even have…

A million-year-old human skull suggests that the origins of modern humans may reach back far deeper in time than previously thought and raises the possibility that…

An artificial intelligence system has beaten scores of forecasting enthusiasts, including several professionals, in a contest to predict events ranging from bust-ups between Donald Trump and…

In the spring of 2024, when Rachael Sawyer, a technical writer from Texas, received a LinkedIn message from a recruiter hiring for a vague title of…