A study analyzed the DNA of feral dogs living near Chernobyl, compared the animals to others living 10 miles away, and found ...

One of the most fascinating periods in the evolution of the human lineage is the appearance of the first ancestors capable of ...

In a stunning revelation, researchers have uncovered a new human species that is set to revolutionize our understanding of ...

Could another group of ancient humans have lived alongside Homo sapiens? A new study suggests that they did, and scientists ...

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed ...

Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species rather than through sudden leaps between species.

Scientists discovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints in Kenya, revealing two hominin species coexisted and interacted.

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago.

The "huge" discovery near the shore of Lake Turkana in Kenya proves the theory that some ancient ancestors were neighbors ...

Engels applied the logic of materialist dialectics to the problem of human evolution with important, though rarely ...

A new study of ancient footprints is the first ever to show that our early ancestors coexisted in a shared space.