"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

A study on the teeth of ancestors to humans that lived around 3.5 million years ago suggests they ate mainly or only plants.

To reconstruct the environmental conditions during the time of Homo erectus, the research team used advanced modeling ...

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Our species is defined by a long list of cultural and genetic traits that set us apart from our ancient counterparts. New ...

that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct ... Nov. 1, 2024 — New research has found that, unlike birds, the evolution of bats' wings and legs is ...

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of Australopithecus afarensis, the early human ancestor famously represented by ...