But, unfortunately, annoying extra molars aren't the only way evolution screwed us over ... that's almost a quarter of all the bones in our body. Now, this foot design makes perfect sense to ...

Your body is walking proof of evolution, but some parts have grown unnecessary over time. Here are five useless body parts left over from evolution. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

Lucy’s body had similarities to apes and to modern ... have been slotted into their spot in a tidy, linear timeline of human ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

Dr Joanna Baker, co-author from the University of Reading, said: "Why and how humans evolved large brains is a central question in human evolution. By studying brain and body size in various ...

We’re full of evolutionary leftovers Evolution can be a slow process ... but it seems to be largely defunct in the human body today. Many primates have wisdom teeth to grind down their fibrous ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

Just because it’ll suck less.” EVE: HOW THE FEMALE BODY SHAPED HUMAN EVOLUTION, PAGES 285-286 "I started writing this book when Obama was president," Bohannon said during an interview at Third ...

Are you lactose intolerant? Many people are. In fact, the ability to digest lactose may be an example of adaptive evolution in the human lineage. Although the study of natural selection in humans ...

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.