This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

The left hip and leg bones from a young female Paranthropus robustus discovered in South Africa show she was extremely short ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

A groundbreaking discovery reveals Homo sapiens descended from two ancestral groups, not one. This complex origin story ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

The remains have helped to fill in gaps in the fossil record and move science closer to understanding human evolution in ...

The fragmentary facial bones belong to Homo affinis erectus, an esoteric offshoot of our family tree that inhabited Spain ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

Fragments of a partial skull unearthed in a cave in northern Spain have revealed a previously unknown population of ancient ...

The first-ever published research on Tinshemet Cave reveals that Neanderthals and Homo sapiens in the mid-Middle Paleolithic ...