Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi travels the world digging into the origin of Homo sapiens in a five-part BBC series ...

The history of history changes on an almost historical level daily as scientists and paleontologists continue to find new ...

Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the ...

A new study suggests culture is reshaping human evolution faster than DNA, redefining how our species adapts, survives, and ...

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

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 ...

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 ...