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

This fossil went from being enigmatic and a ... Its unusual geology has preserved human remains, but it also offers a glimpse into the forces we think drove our evolution. So, within the lake beds ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions of years to allow us to accomplish our bizarre ...

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism. By Carl Zimmer Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of evolution in 1859, in “On the Origin of Species.” But it took ...

One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown group of enigmatic ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study published in Cell Genomics, researchers at Lund University in Sweden show ...

In the deserts of Ethiopia, scientists uncovered fossils showing that early members of our genus Homo lived side by side with a newly identified species of Australopithecus nearly three million years ...

I pity the people who couldn't admire James Arthur Lovell Jr.'s life while he was still alive. In a world where I feel like people of importance who aren't athletes or brain-dead celebrities are ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? “This new research shows that the image many of us have in our minds of an ape to a ...

Jack White is doubling down — tripling down? Quadrupling down? — on his criticism of President Trump. In a lengthy Instagram post on Wednesday, the White Stripes rocker — who was called "a washed up, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists now recognize more than a dozen species in the Homo genus. So what, exactly, was the ...