The evolutionary case for eating meat is etched into human anatomy — but so is the case against it. The science deserves more ...

Scientists have long debated how modern humans evolved. For decades, most researchers agreed that Homo sapiens came from one ancestral group in Africa, dating back 200,000 to 300,000 years. But new ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution ...

Roughly 476,000 years ago, early human ancestors were already building wooden structures, far earlier than scientists thought ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL ...

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