Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

A longstanding question in evolutionary biology is how sexual selection influences how entire genomes develop. Sexual ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the moon and ...

Farming arose on multiple continents among populations with radically different cultures and environments and with no means ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Researchers discovered uniquely human neuroanatomical features in a study comparing human brains to macaque and chimpanzee ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

A new book offers a fascinating journey from insects to apes and a forceful rebuttal to bigotry showing what the incredible ...

Chris Stringer, a research leader in human evolution at London’s Natural History Museum, said the discovery was a “very ...

Studies have suggested that genes under strong sexual selection tend to evolve rapidly, particularly those associated with ...