We know handedness is something we’re born with, but scientists have long puzzled over what drove our species to favor one ...

Researchers reveals how walking on two legs and expanding brain size drove the evolution of human right-handedness.

The inner ear may not seem like a particularly bony place, but human ears in fact have three small bones (also known as ossicles): the malleus, the incus and the stapes. While most people would assume ...

A new study of a 7–8-million-year-old extinct fossil ape from China called Lufengpithecus offers new insights into the evolution of human bipedalism. The study, published in The Innovation, was ...

A study of primates found human right-handedness likely emerged through upright walking, and brain expansion during evolution ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A 6-million-year-old fossil ape has shed new light on the evolution of ...

You will be hard-pressed to find an animal that has no rudimentary or useless traits: Atrophied eyes, discarded wings, or male breasts, to name just a few of many. In males, for example, what is the ...

Humans and our closest relatives, living apes, display a remarkable diversity of types of locomotion—from walking upright on two legs to climbing in trees and walking using all four limbs. While ...