The influence of an unknown population and its impact on intelligence was discovered in our DNA by researchers using a new ...

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

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

A human appetite hormone, bombesin, also controls feeding in starfish, showing it evolved over 500 million years ago. A team ...

Archaeologists in China have found stone technology previously thought to have been used by Neanderthals in Europe, ...

From clay tablets to electronic tablets, technology has played an influential role in shaping human knowledge. Today we stand ...

Researchers found European-style Quina tools in China, dating back 55,000 years, challenging the view that East Asia’s Middle ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Paradigm-shattering discovery reveals that the relationship between early humans and Neanderthals was more complex than ...

The prevailing narrative in human history is that humanity emerged from Africa, which is true to an extent, but there may be more to the story.

Over 100,000 years ago, a mysterious group of ancient humans walked the lands of eastern Asia. Known as the Juluren—meaning ...