Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

There is something, however, that distinctly separates us humans from the vast majority of mammals: we live long past our ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Researchers from France, China, the UK, and Greece revealed that the Petralona cranium is at least 286,000 years old, placing it firmly in the Middle Pleistocene era. A new scientific study has shed ...

Researchers say recently discovered teeth come from a previously undiscovered species of Australopithecus, adding to our understanding of human evolution.

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

The National Museum of Natural History is among the first eight Smithsonian sites the Trump administration announced it will ...

40,000 years ago, Neanderthals still shared the Earth with our ancestors. Recent discoveries are challenging our linear view of human evolution. Advances in genetics reveal that our evolutionary ...

Researchers have dated the mysterious skull from Petralona Cave in Greece to 300,000 years ago and concluded that the fossil belonged to an ancient human group that lived alongside Neanderthals.

A new study shows that genetic evidence of historical contact between populations reveals consistent patterns of language change.