A new study suggests an enzyme unique to Homo sapiens may have made us more competitive water seekers than our closest ...

Cumulative culture -- the accumulation of technological modifications and improvements over generations -- allowed humans to adapt to a diversity of environments and challenges. But, it is unclear ...

Technology, be it the driver-less cars or the ubiquitous smartphone, is impacting every sphere of our life. Technology-driven automation is omnipresent and pervading our lives like never before.

From 2030 to 10,000 A.D. and beyond, the future of technology will reshape civilization in ways that are both thrilling and ...

Ethical frameworks are needed to guide posthuman life toward robust, sustainable futures, but theology and spirituality can ...

His book The Artificial Ape: How technology changed the course of human evolution is published by Palgrave Macmillan this month. (Image: Becca Wright) ...

Now, this opens up many new avenues for us to understand how HAR s contributed to the evolution of the brain.” Reference: Pal A, Noble MA, Morales M, et al. Resolving the three-dimensional interactome ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of ...