New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

A new genetic study has shifted the way scientists describe the origins of modern humans. For many years, the simplest ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins ...

The cognitive differences between Neanderthals and humans were smaller than those between different present-day populations.

Discovery bolsters theory that ancient mitochondria formed brand-new, specialized ‘sacs’ in cells by shedding their outer ...

For a century, this theory of human origins has died and returned. To free it from limbo, we must disentangle its many ...