Ever since Charles Darwin detailed the mechanism of evolution by means of natural selection in 1859, scientists have had a ...

The Dawn of Mankind Our journey begins in the depths of time, where our earliest ancestors roamed the earth. These ...

Homo sapiens' entry into Europe might have hastened Neandertals' extinction. Neandertals may have had a greater penchant for ...

Postdoctoral scholar Daniela Soto has earned a prestigious fellowship from HHMI with eight years of funding to study the ...

The new study revealed that the ancient jaw named SK 15 was originally unearthed in 1949 in a South African cave known as ...

One of the great mysteries of human evolution is the intermediate step represented by the presence of Neanderthals for ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

If Neanderthal women mated with Homo sapiens or Denisovan men, there was a high risk of newborns having neonatal hemolytic ...

Our human ancestors fundamentally changed their eating behavior in the Neolithic period. This was when they began to cultivate cereals and domesticate wild animals.

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big ...

Homo erectus outlived and outadapted other hominins by mastering life in extreme environments of Eastern Africa, a new study ...

What did man's ancestors eat? How did they prepare their food? How did their food contribute to their evolution and their anatomical and cognitive development? This film provides answers based on new ...