51¶¯Âþ

human body

A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young

Humans

A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young

A single gene controls how our faces develop when we are young and offers evidence that humans have evolved to be more domesticated in a similar way to dogs

51¶¯Âþ

Lee Berger at 51¶¯Âþ Live

Video

Our incredible origins: The astonishing tale of Homo naledi

Video

Lascaux II replica of a Lascaux cave painting. These are horse and cow figures in the central gallery. The original Lascaux cave was closed to the public in 1963. The full-scale Lascaux II replica opened nearby in 1983. The Lascaux cave paintings in south-western France, around 17,000 years old, were painted by Cro-Magnon man, an early European culture of modern humans (Homo sapiens sapiens), using red, brown and yellow ochre, and black manganese dioxide. They may have had religious and artistic significance. Photographed in 2010.

Environment

Stone Age artists were obsessed with horses and we don’t know why

51¶¯Âþ

Humans

Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

51¶¯Âþ

Humans

Did apes first walk upright on two legs in Europe, not Africa?

51¶¯Âþ

Makgadikgadi salt pan

Humans

Have we found the African origin of all humanity? It's complicated

51¶¯Âþ

Impression of a Neanderthal

Humans

Long strand of DNA from Neanderthals found in people from Melanesia

51¶¯Âþ

X-rays of human and chimp

Mind

Humans evolved to think faster by slowing down brain development

51¶¯Âþ

Lee Berger at 51¶¯Âþ Live

Humans

Lee Berger: We have made another major discovery about early humans

51¶¯Âþ

Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

Humans

Your body's hidden language: How smell reveals more than you ever knew

We can sniff out fear, find solace in the smell of a loved one, breathe in the scent of happiness. How we're deciphering the subliminal signals of human scent

Features

Humans

We need to talk about technology that people use to influence others

Leader

Humans

Deliver us from evil: How biology, not religion, made humans moral

Features

Humans

The story of how humans got to the Americas isn’t a simple one

Leader

Humans

The first Americans: The untold story of the pioneers of the New World

Features

Piano Exit Overlay Banner Mobile Piano Exit Overlay Banner Desktop