Our geometric intuition, long considered something that sets us apart, seems to be shared with other primates.

A new skull-based analysis of Neanderthal brains suggests that these ancient hominins’ range of intelligence largely ...

They have been our meat and our messengers, a source of fertilizer and a religious symbol: while pigeons are now mostly ...

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

They are less equipped to ask whether every desire they satisfy contributes to human flourishing. As market principles ...

Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down across generations -- so much more powerful than animal cultures? Why is human culture -- the shared body of knowledge passed down ...

A massive new study comparing more than 100,000 people with today’s most advanced AI systems delivers a surprising result: generative AI can now beat the average human on certain creativity tests.

Scientists can use patient-derived tissue samples to grow miniature versions of human organs, allowing them to test new ...

Genomic analysis of ancient and modern human DNA has exposed a striking pattern in how Neanderthal genes entered the human ...

For over a century, the heart of psychoanalysis has been free association—the practice of suspending censorship and allowing the mind to wander, revealing the hidden patterns of the unconscious.¹ ...

As humans, it’s important to remember that some of our oldest primate ancestors were apelike creatures. Besides our much larger brains and visibly obvious differences, such as facial features, one ...

These snakes can go for months without eating, grow and shrink the size of their hearts and jump start their metabolism on a ...