A newly unearthed archaeological site in Tajikistan dating to as far as 150,000 years ago played a key role in the migration ...

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

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 ...

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

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.

AI is helping archaeologists redefine when and how fire use was mastered, with evidence dating back 800,000 years.

In northeastern China, archaeologists have used advanced 3D technology to reconstruct the face of a man from more than 5,000 ...

The elders also highlighted the imagery of symbolically significant animals, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats and herons, as ...

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

Recent discoveries revealed that our ancestors interbred with Denisovans on at least three separate occasions, leaving traces ...