New research from the University of Lincoln, UK, is challenging a common assumption about the evolutionary origins of human ...

What made humans behave differently to their closest relatives? Researchers have long sought an answer in a handful of genetic differences between Homo sapiens and our close relatives the Neanderthals ...

The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...

Mu'taz Shalatta and Prof. Ran Barkai in the Sakhnin Valley. Overview• Hundreds of handaxes dating back hundreds of thousands of years ...

Humans are fundamentally "musical animals"—and our capacity for music is rooted in biology, not just culture. This is the conclusion of new work by University of Amsterdam professor of Music Cognition ...