Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

A new study shows cultural evolution helped humans expand across Earth far faster than genetic change alone could achieve.

Michael A. Little does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?