Why are 90% humans right-handed? Scientists finally find a fascinating answerScientists have uncovered a new theory for why most humans are right-handed. A major study suggests upright walking and a rapidly expanding...
19 May, 2026, 07.06 AM IST
Just 18 years ago, a boy chasing his dog unearthed a lost human ancestor and rewrote the story of evolution; how one of the world’s most intriguing discoveries was made in 2008A remarkable fossil discovery in South Africa has shed light on human evolution. Young Matthew Berger found a bone that led to the identifi...
11 May, 2026, 10.33 AM IST
Fossilized teeth in Ethiopia reveal two human ancestors coexisted 2.6 million years ago, including a potentially unknown speciesAfar region in Ethiopia reveals a fascinating discovery. Fossils of multiple human ancestor species are unearthed. These species coexisted ...
19 Aug, 2025, 03.20 AM IST
- Are Tyrannosauri to become racist?
The scientists studying the remains of the extinct predator(s) figure that the bone structures or 'robustness' varied not between individua...
03 Mar, 2022, 11.09 PM IST
Wonder why we walk upright? Experts believe it helped humans see predators easily or run fasterIt could have also meant that there were fewer trees to climb because the environment changed.
04 Nov, 2021, 08.40 AM IST
No need to smell a rat in money confettiNothing short of wads, neatly graded by denomination and nicely stacked for easy access.
20 Jun, 2018, 11.09 PM IST
- Did humans evolve by chance?
Washington, Aug 6 (IANS) A new study says that origin of human genus could have occurred by chance and might not be directly related to cli...
06 Aug, 2017, 05.32 PM IST
Ratting on the Angels’ Share of booze?A line of laboratory rats has been bred to prefer liquor over all other food and drink, to facilitate research into the role genetics and l...
06 May, 2017, 12.22 AM IST
Ancient human ancestor likely survived through Ice AgeAn ancient species of human thought to be long extinct may have survived until as recently as the end of the last Ice Age, a 14,000 year-ol...
18 Dec, 2015, 01.30 PM IST
'Altamura Man' fossil provides oldest Neanderthal DNA sampleScientists have confirmed that 'Altamura Man', a partially preserved fossil discovered in a cave in Italy, is a Neanderthal.
06 Apr, 2015, 02.03 PM IST