Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ancestral lineages.

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Many scientists have been studying how human brains create consciousness, but they could have the problem the wrong way ...

A detailed explanation of the evolutionary timeline, starting from the very first primates all the way to us modern humans.

The origin of the hominine lineage—encompassing ... A Turning Point in Understanding Human Evolution The implications of these findings are profound. If hominines did indeed originate in Europe ...

Have you ever wondered why our ears look the way they do? That soft, curved shape we rarely think twice about might actually ...

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, challenging our understanding of human evolution in East Asia. The Quina method of ...

The Middle Paleolithic, or Middle Stone Age, occurred about 300,000 to 40,000 years ago and is considered a crucial time in human evolution. The period is associated with the origin and evolution of ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...