The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Human evolution spans millions of years, from early primates to modern Homo sapiens. Fossil evidence, genetic data, and ...

A study of ancient human DNA from a wetland region in Belgium, western Germany, and the Netherlands yielded surprising ...

A team of experts have found a tooth in Ethiopia which may rewrite our human family tree and forever alter our understanding of where we came from.

Samples of ancient animals preserved at the Chinese Animal Resources Specimen Repository in Beijing. [Photo provided to China Daily] Together, these specimens document how ancient communities adapted ...

Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about who Neanderthals were, whether they mated with modern humans and when ...

A growing body of genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthals and Denisovans carried many of the same regulatory gene networks linked to language and vocal anatomy in modern humans, challenging the ...

Arizona State University Regents Anne Stone will present research on the evolutionary history of infectious disease at the ...

Ancient DNA shows that hunter-gatherers in northwestern Europe endured for millennia, with women driving a gradual cultural shift toward farming.

Ghost lineages reveal themselves through ancient genes that still exist in living beings today.