Does Your Microbiome Shape Your Friendships?
Research confirms that who you spend time with is a powerful predictor of the microbes you carry. But these tiny organisms may also influence your social life.
Does Your Microbiome Shape Your Friendships?
Biology
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The Neanderthal Arm—Hints About Handedness
Stone tools and skeletons suggest that Neanderthals were mostly right-handed.
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Scientists Find First Evidence of Humans Cooking Starches
More than 100 millennia ago, people were roasting tubers over the fire, a culinary practice that fueled their bodies and may have aided their migrations.
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The Neanderthal Throat—Did Neanderthals Speak?
The third installment of our head-to-toe tour of the Neanderthal body tackles how our close ancestors might have sounded.
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Unraveling the Mystery of Human Bipedality
Paleoanthropologist Carol Ward explains how walking upright marked a milestone in hominin history.
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New Hominin Shakes the Family Tree—Again
What does the discovery of Homo luzonensis mean for our understanding of humanity’s history?