Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

and essential for the ultimate evolution of humanity. The researchers here challenge the hard steps model by asking whether ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 million and 1.4 million years ago, according to a new study Sarah Kuta ...

According to an alternative model of how intelligent life emerges on planets like Earth, the existence of aliens—and human ...

He’s best known for popularising the theory of evolution in his book, On the Origin of Species, but Charles Darwin also had some very unsubstantiated ideas about human beings... In a later book ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

afarensis as "the ape that walked upright" makes it a celebrity species in the story of human evolution ... Fine details also reveal a human-like step: weight fell first on the heel, then on ...

Ian Randall is Newsweek's Deputy Science Editor, based in Royston, U.K. His focus is reporting on science and health. He has covered archeology, geology, and physics extensively. Ian joined ...

"It suggests that the evolution of complex ... because steps such as the origin of life, the development of complex cells and the emergence of human intelligence are improbable based on Carter's ...