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A recent article suggests that our fear of snakes is largely genetic because of its apparently uniform nature across all strata of people and that it was likely caused due to predation of our ancestors.

For years, scientists have thought cooked foods are easier to digest, and thus, are more nutritious than non-cooked eats.

Christopher McDougall explores the mysteries of the human desire to run. How did running help early humans survive -- and what urges from our ancient ancestors spur us on today?

Many people alive today possess some Neanderthal ancestry, according to a landmark scientific study.

Paleoanthropologists used sophisticated research methods to form 27 model heads from tiny bone fragments.

Scientists have calculated that for a period lasting one million years and beginning 1.2 million years ago, at a time when our ancestors were spreading through Africa, Europe and Asia, there were probably between 18,500 to 26,000 individuals capable of breeding.

Researchers from Germany and the UK have rediscovered a fossil skull in the collections of the Natural History Museum London, thus unlocking the mystery behind the evolutionary history of the dinosaurs belonging to the Tyrannosauridae family.

Early humans may have taken a detour into Eurasia before embarking on their epic journey out of Africa.Palaeontologists in Georgia have unearthed remains of five primitive humans that date back to 1.8m years ago, suggesting some of our oldest ancestors lived in the region at the time.