Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

An evolutionary chart of different human ancestors. “Seeing Lucy’s face ... though still distinct from modern humans,” claimed Moraes, who said the team was somewhat inhibited by the ...

A new study suggests the extinction of Neanderthals nearly coincided with a shift in Earth's magnetic field that let more ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

Here's why that's normal. They found that the ancestors of all modern humans split off from a mystery population 1.5 million years ago and then reconnected with them 300,000 years ago. This ...

Dinosaurs ruled the Earth for over 150 million years. Compared to the mere 4–6 million years that scientists believe humans ...

These were cut marks made by a human ancestor wielding a stone tool ... Then they compare the 3D shape data from the ancient ...

Relatively little is known about Denisovans, an extinct group of human cousins that interacted with Neanderthals and Homo ...

An ancient jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called Denisovans, scientists reported Thursday. Relatively little is known about Denisovans ...