A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

Humans haven’t been back to the moon since the Apollo moons program ended over five decade ago. The reasons why go beyond science, according to experts.

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

NASA is working to take astronauts farther from Earth than any humans have ever gone, but the ambitious and costly moonshot has been plagued by delays.

Building the human story based on a few artefacts is tricky – particularly for wooden tools that don’t preserve well, or cave ...

“The chin evolved largely by accident and not through direct selection, but as an evolutionary byproduct resulting from direct selection on other parts of the skull,” University of Buffalo biological ...

Dashiell Hammett mentioned Sam Spade's jutting chin in the opening sentence of his novel, "The Maltese Falcon." Spade's chin ...

Life expectancy is rising, and longevity experts say humans could live far longer. New aging research explores how science ...

A complex picture of how Neanderthals died out, and the role that modern humans played in their disappearance, is emerging.