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

Witness the incredible journey of our species! From simple beginnings to the sophisticated beings we are today, human ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

Evolutionary biologist Huang Shi argues that lack of genetic diversity among East Asians suggests they are real ancestors of ...

Many people hold the view that evolution in modern humans has come to a halt. But while modern medicine and technologies have changed the environment in which evolution operates, many scientists ...

An evolutionary biologist in China has built a case against the long-reigning 'out of Africa' theory, which suggests modern ...

The long-held theory of human evolution says that modern humans originated in Africa and then migrated to other parts of the world. However, that “out of Africa” model is being challenged by a ...

Learn how these Neanderthal findings shaped what we know about Neanderthals and how our ancient human past is intertwined.

Dr Huan Shi, from China, proposed evolution began in East Asia where ... Ancient DNA [aDNA] from the oldest modern humans found in Europe, which was published this week,' Dr Huang said late ...

After modern humans left Africa, they met and interbred with Neanderthals, resulting in around two to three percent Neanderthal DNA that can be found in the genomes of all people outside Africa today.

A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, more precisely than ever, the time period during which Neanderthals interbred with modern humans ...