The tree of life is often more like a vine that snakes back on itself, with tendrils briefly embracing before they reach for ...

Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...

Fossil teeth challenge the idea that large brains drove extended childhood, suggesting cultural transmission shaped human evolution.

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

We know throughout history that the size of modern humans and extinct human species—a collective group known as ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.

New data is revealing deeper insights into how early humans interbred with Denisovans in events that significantly shaped our ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered hominin group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day ...