When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis potentially shakes up ...

The shared ancestor of our species, the Neanderthals and the Denisovans may be far older than we thought – which could ...

Digital reconstruction of a partially crushed skull suggests new insight into Homo sapiens’ evolutionary relationship to Denisovans and Neandertals.

“So, the brain is growing because these creatures need to be able to adapt to their environments, and because this is ...

A new study examines the evolutionary connection between the fine manipulation of objects and the associated development of ...

Humanity’s journey from ancient slender figurines to modern obesity reveals a complex story of genetic legacy, lifestyle ...

Autism-linked genes evolved rapidly in humans. They may have aided brain growth and language. A recent study published in Molecular Biology and Evolution by Oxford University Press suggests that the r ...

The attention span compared between Homo sapiens, Denisovan, and Neanderthal ancestors differed in terms of degree rather ...

Each fall, the event opens doors to historic sites that are usually closed to the public. Le Monde picks 11 of the most ...

A MAJOR mystery surrounding tiny ancient human cousins nicknamed “Hobbits” has finally been solved. Scientists say they’ve cracked a main puzzle about how the 3-foot-tall species ...

The biological study of species offers no equivalent to such transmutation. An individual which belongs to a given species ...