Analyses revealed a unique pattern in which back teeth matured more slowly than front teeth in the specimen's first five years. This pattern, combined with an observed reliance on adult caregivers, ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells Host Carolyn Beeler about Suyanggae, South Korea, an archaeological zone with ...

The temporal lobe—a key area of our brain responsible for our memory and communication—could also reveal hidden clues about ...

Roughly 1.77-million-year-old teeth show that slow development in hominids may have had an earlier start than previously ...

Without art, homo-sapiens would not have pushed to the forefront of the human species, defeating the stronger, bigger Neanderthals. An argument has been made that this was due to our innovative and ...

Could social bonds be the key to human big brains? A study of the fossil teeth of early Homo from Georgia dating back 1.77 million years reveals a prolonged childhood despite a small brain and an ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

Tiffany Shlain and Ken Goldberg pay homage to the ongoing human quest for knowledge by documenting its evolution through ...

A new study finds that the disturbance-demanding plant species oak, hazel and yew were abundant in Europe's forests before modern humans arrived, strengthening the argument that ancient vegetation was ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.