Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Scientists have reconstructed the face of a long-lost human ancestor that may have played a critical role in our evolution.

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

New research shows Australopithecus, an early human ancestor, likely consumed little to no meat, challenging previous ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution found that chimpanzees select harder stones for nut-cracking tasks, ...

How did all these humans evolve? Why did some lineages become successful while others withered and eventually went extinct? The consensus among paleontologists is that climate change is the ...

B ritish scientists unveiled research indicating that the human brain grew slowly over millions of years, occurring gradually ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

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 ...

supporting the theory that human evolution focused on enhancing running performance, particularly top speed. Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New ...