A strange theory has reopened one of anthropology’s most fascinating questions: could a tiny, human-like species still be ...

A new investigation reveals that Facebook, Instagram and Meta’s other social media platforms have evolved into the world’s ...

✅ Know Your Terms: Hominin refers to all humans, plus our ancestral species who walked upright on two feet (including members of the genera Homo, Australopithecus, Paranthropus, and Ardipithecus ).

Your laughter might be older than you think! A new study reveals that the rhythmic pattern of human laughter has remained consistent for at least 15 million years, shared with our great ape relatives.

Scientists studying a 4.4-million-year-old fossil named Ardi may have uncovered the evolutionary step that turned ancient climbers into early walkers.

Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said recently.

This potentially all-female burial site opens up new questions regarding Homo naledi’s culture and social structure. If the chamber was reserved just for females, it could imply a level of complex and ...

A powerful storm tore through Sumatra, and the world’s rarest great ape lost a shocking share of its remaining population. Cyclone Senyar, which struck Indonesia in late November 2025, triggered ...

Four days of extreme rain in Indonesia triggered devastating landslides, killing dozens of critically endangered Tapanuli ...

A devastating cyclone that battered Indonesia’s Sumatra island last year killed at least 58 critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans, wiping out roughly 7% of the world’s remaining population and ...