Humans are the only primates that run nearly naked under the sun. Here’s how this biological tradeoff reshaped how our ...

Based on the skeletal evidence, the researchers realized they had discovered a true hybrid of ape and human. The forearms ...

The cave, known as Grotte à Hominidés, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ...

Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in ...

For most animals, losing fur would be a death sentence. Hair isn’t cosmetic in the wild, it’s survival gear. It protects ...

Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Our prehistoric human ancestors relied on deliberately modified and sharpened stone tools as early as 3.3 million years ago.

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...