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

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

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

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 ...

"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 ...

Paranthropus robustus fossils from Swartkrans Cave reveal new insights into their diet, social structure, and survival 2 million years ago.

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 ...

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 ...

Languages: English. A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and ...

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 ...