Recent discoveries in Colombia have unveiled a previously unknown human DNA lineage in ancient remains, offering fascinating ...

In what is now Shandong, eastern China, researchers have discovered one of the oldest matrilineal societies known to science, ...

Learn how a landmass in the Aegean sea might have helped humans move from Anatolia into Europe from the east.

New research into the genetics of Anopheles funestus (An. funestus), one of the most neglected but prolific malaria-transmitting mosquitoes in Africa, has revealed how this species is evolving in ...

Are humans evolving more through culture than DNA? A new study explores how medicine, technology, and institutions may guide ...

Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species ...

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

In her new show, Ella Al-Shamahi charts humanity's evolutionary odyssey. We sat down with her to discuss the path of our ...

And it's what happened in the 99% of our history before the invention of ... (fire crackling) They were an earlier stage in our evolutionary journey, bridging the gap between us and our more ancient ...

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

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