By comparing modern human, Neanderthal, and chimpanzee skulls, researchers have uncovered a unique trait having to do with ...

A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has turned traditional thinking on its head by ...

The human face is strikingly distinct from our fossil cousins and ancestors—most notably, it is significantly smaller, and ...

Modern humans have much smaller and softer-looking faces compared to our ancient relatives like. But why is that? A new study ...

Biological anthropology is the sub-discipline of anthropology that studies human evolution and variation. Specific emphasis is on mechanisms of biological evolution, genetic inheritance, human ...

Chimpanzees in Tanzania choose flexible materials for termite tools, revealing clues about the origins of human intelligence ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

He is the Director of the Laboratory for Evolutionary Anthropology and Anthropological Archaeology. You will find further details about Dr. Lycett’s work at his publications webpage.

Anthropology at the University of Delaware exposes students ... The combination of culture and biology, evolution and history emphasized in our program is ideal for students seeking to enter the ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...