DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” Brazil’s Cicero Moraes, a pioneer in the field of forensic facial reconstructions, ...

But research published in the journal Nature "introduces a new actor in the history of human evolution in Europe", lead study ...

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Face bones unearthed in a cave suggest that members of our genus, Homo, reached northern Spain as early as 1.4 million years ago.

It wasn’t the size of human brains that distinguished people from apes, he theorized, but the way they were organized. He ...

But research published in the journal Nature "introduces a new actor in the history of human evolution in Europe", lead study author Rosa Huguet of Spain's University of Rovira i Virgili told a ...

Chimpanzees select materials for tools based on flexibility, revealing early engineering instincts linked to human tool ...