New evidence suggests that early humans reached the Jordan Valley at least 1.9 million years ago, hundreds of thousands of ...

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to socialize. Skull diversity across great apes (orange) and gibbons (blue).

The familiar claim about humans evolving from apes leaves out an important part of the story. Fossils and DNA reveal a much more complicated family history than the popular version suggests.

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

A fascinating new discovery has emerged from Ethiopia’s Ledi-Geraru Research Area, where researchers uncovered fossilized teeth that challenge our understanding of early human evolution. According to ...

How did humans become human? Understanding when, where and in what environmental conditions our early ancestors lived is central to solving the puzzle of human evolution. Unfortunately, pinning down a ...

The evolution of the human brain may owe as much to fruit and honey as to meat, according to a new Analytical Review. Its findings challenge one of the dominant ideas about our ancestors' diet.

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

A landmark Nature study reveals that non-coding DNA switches silenced 17 cartilage-building genes during human evolution, leaving human joints with 62% fewer shock-absorbing sugar molecules than ...