Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in ...

A partial skeleton weighing just 70 pounds is bridging a critical gap in the fossil record and redefining the timeline of ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

Learn about the most complete Homo habilis fossil ever found, and how this fossil is changing what we know about human ...

Early humans were not just scavengers. New research shows they actively butchered elephants, transforming survival and social ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

In the technical description, the authors emphasize that the skeleton includes clavicle and shoulder-blade fragments, both upper arms, both forearms, plus part of the sacrum and hip bones - rare ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...