The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

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

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

A new analysis of a million-year-old skull from China challenges the long-held assumption that Homo erectus was our ancestor.

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further evidence ...

This shift isn’t just about faster problem-solving; it’s changing what it means to be human. Culture is inherently collective, and the researchers argue that we’re becoming more group-oriented. From ...

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 ...

One hundred years ago, a substitute teacher in Dayton, Tenn., was charged with the crime of teaching Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. His name was John Scopes. At the time, ...

On Valentine’s Day in 2018, a team of scientists walked across a flat expanse in the badlands of northeastern Ethiopia, scanning the ground for fossils. An eagle-eyed field assistant, Omar Abdulla, ...

For the first time, a research team from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment at the University of ...