Humans really do rule the world. We took over fast and far, more than any other wild vertebrates. We inhabit nearly every ...

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins ...

Humans appear to be set apart from much of the animal kingdom, even if we do say so ourselves. While we often credit our ...

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

An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is ...

What will humans look like in the future? From stronger bodies to bigger brains, or maybe even merging with machines. Human ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A reconstruction of the crushed skull labelled Yunxian 2, which has features that are closer to species thought to have existed ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

TIME: Much of what you write about in the book involves the idea of “dispersal” as an evolutionary process that could ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the biggest mysteries is understanding how large or small ancient human populations ...

Why are 90% of people right-handed and 10% left-handed? A modification of the well-known fighting hypothesis aims to explain ...