Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I explore the emerging belief that humans ...

(Volodymyr Yakimchuk/Creatas Video+/Getty Images Plus) A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have ...

Rob Brooks receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Some of the leading brains behind generative AI have warned about the risk of artificial superintelligence wiping out humanity, if ...

Humans are fundamentally technological creatures. We depend on the manufacture and use of tools for our survival to a degree qualitatively greater than any other species. Therefore, an understanding ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an exciting find hits the headlines, paleoanthropology and its related fields ...

The world-famous pre-human fossil known as "Lucy" is going on display in Europe for the first time as part of a Prague exhibition on the evolution of humanity. The partial skeleton from Ethiopia is ...

Orangutan Win Gayo in the Bukit Tigapuluh Ecosystem, Sumatra. Source: The Orangutan Project/with permission. I recently learned about two books by Leif Cocks, founder of The Orangutan Project and a ...

An international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon. The research reveals that our human ancestors were periodically exposed to lead ...

If we’re really going to the dogs, that may not be such a bad thing. Dr. Brian Hare, a professor of evolutionary anthropology and psychology at Duke University, delighted audiences with what we can ...