Fossils and genetic evidence reveal that human evolution was not a simple replacement of one species by another. Studies of ...

A study scanned genomes from over 450,000 people to find individuals who carry rare archaic versions of DNA changes once ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

Ancient DNA from Denisovans left humans a powerful genetic advantage — a gene that helped early Americans survive new ...

The Harbin cranium, known as Dragon Man, is one of the most complete ancient skulls ever found and may represent a newly ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and ...

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.