Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the ...

A study shows Neanderthals made first fire in Britain 400,000 years ago, pushing back the timeline of controlled fire use by ...

That could place the ancestors of Homo sapiens—modern humans—outside Africa, an idea which flips everything palaeontologists ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

Tiny genetic variations between humans, Neanderthals and Denisovans might not be all they were cracked up to be.

Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - ...

Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival traits.

With the human family tree now more like a hedge and twice as many known moons, Bill Bryson talks to the New Scientist ...

The biological human son of Stephen Lang's Quaritch and the adopted member of the Sully family gains the ability to breathe ...

Complex geodynamic forces along the Eurasian and African faults are slowly tumbling the Iberian Peninsula toward the ...

The Harbin cranium, known as Dragon Man, is one of the most complete ancient skulls ever found and may represent a newly ...