An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

New data is revealing deeper insights into how early humans interbred with Denisovans in events that significantly shaped our ...

According to the available evidence, the original Altai Denisovans began to fragment into multiple lineages some time between 409,000 and 222,000 years ago. The oldest of these populations appears to ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that our human ancestor, Lucy, was hairless, challenging previous assumptions.

Considering how long humans have been on Earth, it’s surprising that we have been scientifically studying our evolution for ...

Their dream came spectacularly true on that momentous day in 1974. The Lucy fossil preserved skull fragments and a lower jaw with teeth, as well as parts of the arm, leg, pelvis, spine and ribs—47 ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Scientists are constantly learning about our history as a species. Sometimes, these new discoveries change everything we ...

Now, we had them driving cars. But humans didn’t evolve to drive either. Although our ancient ancestors didn’t have cars, ...

After viruses infected our evolutionary ancestors, bits of viral DNA lodged themselves into their genomes—and we still carry ...

Complicated births may not have arisen in humans as a trade-off between our need for big brains and pelvises suitable for upright walking, new research in chimps suggests.

The hunt for the ancestor of modern cattle using ancient ... had a dynamic history influenced by climate change and human activity. Ancient equine genomes reveal dawn of horse domestication ...