In “The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire,” Gee examines the many reasons why the human race finds itself in multiple ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Few people could write so genially, even humorously, about our existential crisis. Henry Gee can, in his excellent new book ...

Even though humans are the only remaining hominin species on the planet, our family tree is actually more complicated than ...

Neanderthals were intelligent, strong, and skilled early humans. From tool-making to burial rituals, discover 10 fascinating facts about our extinct relatives and their lasting legacy.

Many forms of knowledge work commonly performed by humans today will be eradicated by AI agents. Here's a view of the type of ...

Parents looking to promote health and intelligence in their children can pick and choose their embryos now. There could be ...

A new study reveals that Earth's biomes changed dramatically in the wake of mass volcanic eruptions 252 million years ago.

But humans may be nearly as deadly as giant volcanoes. A 2020 study, for example, found that a smaller extinction event at ...

Extinction troubled us long before we had a name for it. The original mascot for the loss of species, even before the concept was understood, was the dodo. The bird — fat and flightless, found by 17th ...