For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...

We have Palaeolithic emotions, medieval institutions, and godlike technology." That’s a quote from Edward O. Wilson, the ...

Plus: Neuralink's second trial with a human patient appears to have been a success This is today's edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what's going on in the ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...

Shaw Badenhorst works for the University of the Witwatersrand. He receives funding from GENUS, the National Research Foundation and the Palaeontological Scientific Trust. South Africa has one of the ...

John Gowlett receives funding from PAST Africa and Wenner-Gren Foundation, and his work has previously been supported by The Leverhulme Trust. He is associated with a new series of podcasts on human ...