The moment when the first members of the extended human family called hominins adapted to life in desert or tropical forests ...

Scientists have reconstructed the face of a long-lost human ancestor that may have played a critical role in our evolution.

An evolutionary biologist in China has built a case against the long-reigning 'out of Africa' theory, which suggests modern ...

Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

A study published in the Journal of Human Evolution found that chimpanzees select harder stones for nut-cracking tasks, ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

The University of Liverpool has led an international team of scientists to take a fresh look at the running capabilities of Australopithecus afarensis, the early human ancestor famously represented by ...

An evolutionary biologist warns that the further advancement and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) could end up shrinking human brains. It also could alter and influence physical, biological ...

would be an important advance for human health," adds Dr. Notredame. The potential applications of the work go beyond cancer. Using the approach to create more accurate evolutionary trees could ...

The public letter—which the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville’s J. Michael Plavcan, a resigned editor emeritus, provided to Inside Higher Ed upon request—says it’s from the joint editors in chief ...