Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Luis E. Romero is an entrepreneur, author and speaker. “Who’s smarter—humans or AI?” Experts and the general public wrestle with ...

Generative AI chatbots like ChatGPT and Gemini are getting more sophisticated with each new release. They can confidently answer any question (though they still make mistakes), and they can solve ...

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you can't see, such as what foods different people are able to digest. When ...

About 70,000 years ago in Africa, humans expanded into more extreme environments, a new study finds, setting the stage for our global migration. By Carl Zimmer Geography is one of the things that sets ...

It's easy to take for granted that with the flick of a lighter or the turn of a furnace knob, modern humans can conjure flames — cooking food, lighting candles or warming homes. For much of our ...

For decades, the disappearance of Neanderthals has been explained through dramatic stories of sudden extinction. Some theories suggested they were hunted, others that they starved when climates ...

What happens when you can't tell the difference between a human and an AI chatbot? We're about to find out. None of us was expecting the arrival of super communicators. Science fiction taught us that ...

Last week, in a Fortune 500 boardroom, executives gathered to make a critical pricing decision. They had AI analytics showing optimal price points. They had human intuition about customer ...