A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...

Octopuses 'Kraken' octopus that lived at the time of the dinosaurs was a 62-foot-long apex predator of the ocean Neanderthals Neanderthal toddlers grew faster than modern humans, probably because of ...

The turn of the next millennium is still a long way off, but that hasn't stopped scientists from simulating what future human evolution might look like when the year 3000 hits. The result? A computer ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia, not Africa, a study found. The ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Newly discovered genetic adaptations have major relevance to the health of modern day human populations all over the world You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you ...

The intricate interplay between human evolution and innovation has always captivated our curiosity. Historically, innovation was spurred by necessity, following the age-old adage, "Necessity is the ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...