When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones - which is crucial for ...

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...

The human evolutionary tree can be complicated—but understanding where hominids end and hominins begin reveals how we fit ...

The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...

The sense of smell is vital for animals, as it helps them find food, protect themselves from predators and interact socially. An international research team led by Dr. Quentin Martinez and Dr. Eli ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

They came up a little short. A small archaic hominid known as the “hobbit” might have died out around 50,000 years ago after ...

The Major Histocompatibility Complex region evolves via gene birth-and-death, resulting in short-lived genes, rapidly expanding gene subfamilies, and many gene fragments.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...