Humans

There are certain stereotypes about how relatively chatty men and women are, but what does the science say? A comprehensive

James Howells is considering buying a council dump in south Wales after his former partner accidentally threw away a hard

The extinction of the Neanderthals is one of the most intriguing mysteries in paleoanthropology, with researchers speculating everything from shifts

A man who died in the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius nearly 2,000 years ago seems to have found a unique

Mysterious and fascinating artifacts are surfacing on melting glaciers across the planet. From ancient human remains to strange wooden tools

Alexithymia is a term you may not have heard before. But it describes something many people experience: difficulties in identifying,

If you’re a parent you’ve probably tried, at some point, to navigate the supermarket with a trolley, and at least

You have probably heard the saying that the eyes are the windows to the soul, but now it turns out

We humans are a messy bunch. Where we dwell, there accumulates evidence of our nesting. We have fossilized garbage piles

The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the

Egypt’s antiquities authority says it has found the ancient tomb of King Thutmose II, the first royal burial to be

A new contender for a human ‘language gene’ can change the way that mice squeak when it is incorporated into

When we see objects in museum display cases, it often doesn’t tell their whole story. One thing that tends to

In an effort to better understand how the inner ear can hear the quietest of noises, researchers from Yale University

The tiny cuts and grooves that decorate some ancient human artifacts are not just pretty accidents, according to some archaeologists.

Struggling to get your dog to fetch your slippers? Scientists who strapped eye-tracking helmets to a bunch of dogs have

Psychologists call it the dark triad: an intersection of three of the most malevolent tendencies of human nature – psychopathy,

An analysis of a selection of different data sets representing changes in men’s heights and weights reveals that as countries

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range

Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and flooffiness), but if you and your feline friend aren’t bonding, maybe you’re just

You can stop a clock from ticking, but it’s a lot harder to figure out how to stop humanity’s relentless

Babies are like little detectives, constantly piecing together clues about the world around them. If you’ve ever noticed your baby

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city

It’s long been thought our species was unique in its ability to adapt to harsh climates like bone-dry deserts or

In 1983 archaeologists excavating a cave in South Africa discovered an unusual femur bone. It belonged to an unspecified antelope

An ancient skull that was found in Turkey close to a century ago does not belong to Cleopatra’s younger, rebellious

Claims that we ought to subscribe to a low-carb, high-protein ‘paleo diet‘ are typically based on assertions our ancestors avoided