A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...

New research suggests at least some key distinctions date back earlier than previously estimated, hinting that modern and ...

New research uses 3D modeling to reconstruct Lucy's running style, revealing surprising insights into the evolution of human ...

Evolutionary biologist Huang Shi argues that lack of genetic diversity among East Asians suggests they are real ancestors of ...

Though some might be surprised to see Neanderthal DNA in their ancestry test results, people of non-African descent derive 1 ...

An analysis of genomes from some of the earliest modern humans to live in Europe reveals their ancestors interbred with Neanderthals in one period between 43,000 and 50,000 years ago. Neanderthals ...

Genomes of seven early Europeans show they belonged to a small, isolated group that had recently mixed with Neandertals but left no present-day descendants After modern humans left Africa, they met ...

Neanderthals interbred with modern humans 47,000 years ago, passing down DNA that still exists in many modern-day people, ...

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

The stone selection process is a valuable way to differentiate between primate and hominin stone tools in the archaeological ...