A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

Why humans have a philtrum, the groove above your lip, explained by an evolutionary biologist — from embryonic face-building ...

Europe’s oldest humans remain the Dmanisi hominins, who lived 1.8 million years ago in what is now Georgia – Copyright AFP EDWIN BERCIÁN Western Europe has a new ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have ...

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve of a lip, the angle of a nose, the breadth of a jaw—diverge in endlessly ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...