Homo erectus skulls from China’s Yunxian archaeological site revealed ages close to two million years—a million years older ...

An international team of researchers has presented this week the analysis of a fossil discovered in Bulgaria that could ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Growing research – including ancient DNA technology – is changing the picture of human evolution and how our ancestors ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

Learn how dogs, cats, and toddlers were tested for spontaneous helping behavior — and why evolution may explain why most dogs ...

Fasting can have a powerfully positive effect on health and lifespan — effects that can now be delivered in a supplement.

If more human females mated with Neanderthal males than the other way around, over thousands of years you would expect to see just what they found: more human DNA in Neanderthal X chromosomes and less ...

Since 2010, scientists have known that Neanderthals and our ancestors had offspring together, and those hybrid babies passed down their genes to many present-day people. But the idea of “archaic ...

Geneticists have a better understanding of how prehistoric pairings unfolded, with new research suggesting they were mostly between male Neanderthals and female humans.

A study published in the journal Science reveals how jumping fragments of human DNA, a type of genetic parasite, destabilize the cancer genome. Unstable genomes are a fertile playground for cancer ...

Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...