Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary ...

Volcanic eruptions are excellent timekeepers because they happen very quickly, geologically speaking. As hot magma erupts, it cools and solidifies into volcanic ash particles and pumice rocks. Pumice ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands.

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning “large head people”—they’ve recently been introduced to science under the ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed ...

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

New analysis of a 140,000-year-old skull morphologically resembling modern humans and Neanderthals may be the earliest ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

The National Museum of Natural History is among the first eight Smithsonian sites the Trump administration announced it will ...