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March 2, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmFace of ancient human ancestor ‘Little Foot’ reconstructed for the first time“Little Foot” is the most complete…

January 23, 20262 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmThis is the most complete skeleton yet of our ancestor Homo habilisA partial skeleton dating back more…

January 7, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmCould This Fossil Be the Key Linking Humans, Neandertals and Denisovans?Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000…

In the murky first chapters of the human story is an unknown ancestor that made the profound transition from walking on all fours to standing up…

January 2, 20263 min read Add Us On GoogleAdd SciAmEarliest Human Ancestor May Have Walked on Two LegsA fossil belonging to an ancient hominin that lived…

Little Foot, one of the world’s most complete hominin fossils, may be a new species of human ancestor, according to research that raises questions about our…

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…

Nature, Published online: 24 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03368-yA previously unknown strain left a stamp on modern varieties of the world’s most popular sugar source.

Nature, Published online: 13 October 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-03309-9A spirited tour of alchemy shows how it bridged everything from chemical reactions, medicine and craft to philosophy, art and…

Rachel Feltman: Happy Monday, listeners! For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Let’s kick off the week with a quick roundup of some of the…