Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.

An ASU evolutionary anthropologist offers a groundbreaking theory on why humans have come to dominate the world over other ...

The fossil remains of the unique hominid were found in Ethiopia in 1974, traveled around the world, were the subject of ...

A new study proposes that human culture’s unique power lies not in its ability to accumulate knowledge, as once thought, but in its "open-endedness." ...

The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

Despite modern technology and industrialization, humans are still changing as a species, even today. Here are a some ...

If we became crab-like it would be a slightly horrifying experience, an expert tells us. Crabs molt their entire outer exoskeleton, from their eyes to their gut.

Discover what sets human culture apart from animals, as evolutionary insights challenge old beliefs and reveal our unique ...

The development of primate brains is shaped by various inputs. However, these inputs differ between independent breeders, ...

Scientists believe individuals of the most recently discovered 'hominin' group (the Denisovans) that interbred with modern day humans passed on some of their genes via multiple, distinct interbreeding ...