Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

A new genetic study has shifted the way scientists describe the origins of modern humans. For many years, the simplest ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in ...

Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

Photo provided to China Daily] High on a cliff in Lushan county of Pingdingshan city, Central China's Henan province, a small cave is rewriting the story of the region's earliest modern humans. The ...

In a discovery that reshapes our understanding of early human capability and economic behavior, archaeological evidence from ...