New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

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

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

The history of history changes on an almost historical level daily as scientists and paleontologists continue to find new evidence of our origins. Ella Al-Shamahi’s series “Human,” that can be seen as ...

Chimpanzees, along with bonobos, are humans' closest living relatives. In fact, you may have heard that humans and chimps ...

Learn more about the differences between Homo sapiens and Neanderthals, and how those differences may have helped our ...

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

Homo erectus is associated with a number of firsts in its 2 million years of existence, including being the first hominin to travel out of Africa.

WASHINGTON >> Bipedal locomotion — walking upright on two legs — is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind’s success. Scientists have now identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the ...

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 ...