An ancient, shared set of human-specific genes underwent changes in a geographically isolated population after around 300,000 years ago, scientists say.

Ancient DNA from southern Africa is rewriting the story of our species, revealing that some early humans in this region lived ...

A foot fossil found in Ethiopia belonged to an ancient human. The finding could knock one of the most famous names in human evolution from her spot on the family tree.

Many of the ancient southern Africans, including those who lived between about 10,200 and 1,400 years ago, "fall outside the ...

New research reveals ancient humans in southern Africa lived in isolation for nearly 100,000 years. This led to unique ...

A groundbreaking fossil discovery beneath the waters off Java, Indonesia, is reshaping long-held ideas about early human ...

Scientists have finally assigned foot bones found in 2009 to an ancient human species, and the move suggests that different types of hominins lived close by in harmony ...

With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

It's tempting to think that we've reached the pinnacle of our evolution, but modern life continues to shape us just as much ...