Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

Interactions between pairs of humans lead to the emergence of a dyadic vigor with similar characteristics as individual vigor, where both partners adapt, with the slower having a critical role.

But new research suggests something more fundamental may also be at play: the shape of the human skull itself. The rest of ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help ...

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven have discovered a suite of genes that influence head shape in humans. These findings, published this week in Nature Communications, help ...

A chair can still look like a chair even when its surface is reduced to a sparse cloud of points. Humans are remarkably good ...

Meanwhile, the family is gradually losing its power to generate meaning and provide direction. Today, the issue is not ...