From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life.

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

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

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

For decades, a neat story about human origins has floated through textbooks and documentaries: modern humans emerged in East ...

In southern Africa, a group of people lived in partial isolation for hundreds of thousands of years. This is shown in a new ...

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

Biological evolution works slowly. Genetic changes that truly adapt humans to new environments generally require many ...

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.

The fossil and genetic evidence agree that modern humans originated in Africa. The most genetically diverse human populations ...