Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

Human evolution did not come to a halt after prehistoric times. New evidence suggests it may have picked up pace, reshaping ...

A study of women and girls in a part of South Africa with high levels of HIV infection has shown that the virus has the ...

New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Genetic information from the "Dragon Man" skull has linked the fossil, found in China, to the Denisovans. - Hebei GEO University ...

From epic poetry to game shows, from Stone Age axes to spaceflight, humans have the most complex cultures of any species on Earth. Since the time of Darwin, scientists have suspected that this culture ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries ...

Why do 90% of humans reach with the same hand? The answer stretches back millions of years and involves fossils, language and ...