For years, the common belief among scientists was that human evolution had basically slowed to a crawl once we invented ...

Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Human evolution is still unfolding through disease, diet, technology, genetic editing, and even the pressures of life in space.

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our closest extinct relatives, yet almost nobody knew what they actually looked like ...

Physically, Homo sapiens is not that special in the animal world. But the species has discovered ways of finding food and beating the odds of survival in every habitat from jungle to Arctic wasteland.