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

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

Like other species, we are the products of millions of years of adaptation. Now we're taking matters into our own hands.

Long before modern humans appeared in Africa about 300,000 years ago, our ancestors faced a crisis that almost ended the ...

Modern humans emerged roughly 300,000 years ago, but our genus Homo is much older. So what's the oldest human species on ...

New research has revealed an incredible discovery: modern humans carry 20% of their genetic material from a mysterious population that split from our ancestors 1.5 million years ago. This study ...

Genetic and anatomical data reveal how the human pelvis acquired its unique shape, enabling our ancestors to walk on two legs ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

The fossilized chompers are evidence of a previously unknown hominin that coexisted with the earliest humans 2.8 million years ago.

The human-like skull was discovered in a cave in northern Greece, but scientists were baffled over who it belonged to ...

Fossil teeth unearthed in Ethiopia suggest two distinct human ancestor species lived alongside each other between 2.6 and 2.8 ...

An extinct group of humans that were once widespread in Asia don’t have an official species name – part of the reason is ...