Jason Hodgson, an anthropologist and evolutionary geneticist at Anglia Ruskin University in the United Kingdom, told Newsweek that 50,000 years is an "extremely long time" in the course of human ...

Humans were living in rainforests roughly 150,000 years ago, some 80,000 years earlier than was previously thought—and may have been an important center for early human evolution.. This is the ...

But predicting evolution is, if anything, even more precarious. Combining the two involves considerable speculation, and the very strong possibility of being wrong. At the risk of being wrong, my ...

For decades, the dominant theory in human evolution suggested that modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage in Africa. However, groundbreaking new research from the University of ...

Human evolution pictures. Image 1 of 4 (Image credit: JUSTIN TALLIS via Getty Images) Most human ancestors were dark-skinned. A 10,000-year-old skull found in Britain and known as "Cheddar Man ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human evolution. To fully appreciate this coincidence, you need to see it in context. The oldest known hominins lived 7 million years ago, ...

University of Cambridge. (2025, March 18). Genetic study reveals hidden chapter in human evolution. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 03 ...

The discovery adds to the growing understanding of how genetic changes arising during evolution made us human and significantly advances knowledge about what genes HARs controlled, said James ...

An ancient regulatory variant of ACSF3 influences the coevolution of increased human height and basal metabolic rate via metabolic homeostasis. Cell Genomics , 2025; 100855 DOI: 10.1016/j.xgen ...