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 ...

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 ...

Find out if you're part Neanderthal, about the evolution of laughter ... for centuries to pinpoint the qualities that separate human beings from the millions of other animal species that have ...

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 ...

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 is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. Let’s talk about the biggest coincidence in human ...

"This work is another step toward understanding the various factors that contribute to the evolution of multicellularity," said Cheng, now a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana ...

Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...