Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Live Science reports that bones from one of the smallest human ancestors, who lived two million years ago, were retrieved ...

Researchers developed an algorithm that maps human genetic diversity and ancestry to better understand population history.

We modeled how early human ancestors ran—and found they were surprisingly slow by Tom O'Mahoney, The Conversation ...

Animals use tools and pass knowledge through culture, aiding survival and adaptation. Human impact is destroying these ...

Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

A fossil of a partial face from a human ancestor is the oldest in western Europe, archaeologists reported Wednesday. The incomplete skull — a section of the left cheek bone and upper jaw – was found ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...

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Ohio authorities have identified a Jane Doe, whose remains were found behind an auto repair shop in Toledo in 1987.

Our ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human evolution by more than a million years, a study said. Ancient humans ...