The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors ...

Seven New Things We Learned About Human Evolution in 2021 Paleoanthropologists Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae reveal some of the year’s best findings in human origins studies ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

How did the evolutionary ancestors of Homo sapiens separate from the ancestors of modern apes? A key ingredient leading to modern human beings, according to researchers at the University of ...

New Ethiopian fossils show early Homo and Australopithecus lived together, revealing a complex human evolution story.

Researchers map genome for cats, dolphins, birds, and dozens of other animals Data gathered using software developed by Johns Hopkins University computer scientists will have 'huge implications' for ...

Scientists at the National Human Genome Research Institute unveiled the first complete map of a human genome, filling in gaps that were there for decades and setting the stage for fresh insights ...

Now, a new study offers support for the hypothesis that these ancient viral remnants play a key role in the early stages of human development and may have been implicated in our evolution.