A new species of ancient primate challenges what we think we know about where human ancestors diverged from monkeys.

Hominins may have transitioned to walking on two feet over 7 million years ago.

In 2001, researchers unearthed a scattering of fossils beneath the windswept dunes of the Djurab Desert of northern Chad. The remains were later identified as belonging to an extinct species, ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

Animal life is extraordinarily diverse and complex, having colonized almost all environments on Earth—from hostile ...

So when did our human ancestors start making tools? Well, the earliest artifacts that we know of date back more than 3 million years, but early finds had been scattered and inconsistent until new ...

Where Did Humans Really Come From: For decades, we’ve been taught that human life began in East Africa. But a groundbreaking ...

Our understanding of how our species evolved has improved dramatically since we first began analyzing ancient DNA. This year, researchers made impressive discoveries across 3 million years of human ...

Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...