A new study provides a clearer timeline for one of the most significant prehistoric sites worldwide for the study of human ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

New genomic research suggests our species descended from a deep fusion between two ancient lineages — one of them a mysterious “ghost.” ...

What if Homo erectus (H. erectus), the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived in China much earlier than we thought? Research published in Science Advances may rewrite our understanding of early ...

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

The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

In the oceans and on land, scientists are discovering rare, transitional organisms that bridge the gap between Earth’s simplest cells and today’s complex ones.

In 1990, I finished my PhD on primate evolution and went to my postdoc in Davis, California, USA. It was meant to be on fruit fly ...