a snapshot of human evolution in action. To determine where Yunxian 2 belongs, researchers compared its shape with more than ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected long ...

A crushed million-year-old skull found in China that has been digitally reconstructed reopens a debate in human evolution.

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

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 ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull rewrites our understanding of human evolution, scientists have claimed.