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

One hypothesis of our evolutionary history is the "hard steps" model. In 1983, the Australian physicist Brandon Carter ...

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 ...

While scientists know humans (homo sapiens) emerged in Africa around 300,000 years ago, before this monumental event much of our history has been hazy. Now a team from the University of ...

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.

Contrary to the popularised image of mankind ‘arising’ from apes, modern humans – Homo sapiens – did not evolve directly from the apes alive today, but rather we share a common ancestor.

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 ...

Of all primates living today, only we humans walk fully upright. But Lucy and other fossil finds reveal that more than 3 million years ago, a relatively small-brained, ape-faced human ancestor ...

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 ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. The model ...