This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an ...

The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and ...

A landmark study of an ancient thigh bone confirms when our earliest ancestors stood upright. This discovery proves that the ...

A new study suggests rapid evolution of widespread neurons in humans may explain higher autism prevalence, showing natural ...

Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and ...

A seven-million-year-old fossil may rewrite human origins, showing our ancestors were walking upright far earlier than anyone expected.

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine approaches its fifth year, the character of the war continues to evolve into a technical ...

With no humans to leave behind scraps, this urban bird evolved and developed a longer beak, which shrank again once people ...

The year’s most notable findings also include insights into dog and sheep domestication and a new species of manta ray in the ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...