Scientists have uncovered evidence that modern humans emerged from two long-separated ancestral groups, not just one. This ...

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In a rare display of disloyalty and breaking the rules of this truce, crocodiles would on occasion lurk and attack young or ...

OUR ancestors were making tools out of bones 1.5 million years ago, winding back the clock for this important moment in human ...

The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

We are used to seeing dead bodies in movies and TV shows, but how should we feel when presented with a dead person from the ...

Carlos Museum through June 22, is one of the most gorgeous and profound exhibitions you are likely to see this year. Carlos Museum Director Henry Kim is correct when he calls it one of the most ...

Genes from the minority population, particularly those related to brain function, may have played a crucial role in human evolution, says Trevor Cousins.

Whatever version one believes (mine is closer to the Dyongu Seru story), Sigui takes years of meticulous planning in which ...

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...