Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

RABAT — A newly announced fossil discovery is further cementing Morocco’s central place in the prehistory of humanity. On Jan. 7, Moroccan and international researchers revealed the unearthing of ...

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The humans who move to Mars might not remain "human" for very long. Evolution is a powerful force, transcending planetary boundaries. As Rice University biologist Scott Solomon points out in his ...

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping how our bodies heal, fight infection, and sometimes fail under extreme ...

An official at Goodwill Industries said an item recently donated in Washtenaw County to the chain of second-hand stores was a man-made "artifact," rather than an actual human skull, as has been ...

Ever heard of the song “Jag vet, du är inte min” by the up-and-coming artist Jacub? Yeah, me neither—but that just means we’re not Swedish. The folk-pop crooner has quietly become Sweden’s biggest ...

Recent discoveries have reshaped the human evolutionary timeline, from older stone tools to newly identified human species and unexpected behaviors. Advances in excavation, dating, and genetics ...