Human evolution has often been depicted as a process of adaptation, where natural selection and genetic changes drive species toward better-suited traits for survival in their environments. But this ...

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A million-year-old skull discovered in China could rewrite the history of human evolution. A new analysis of the skull published in Science suggests that our species may have emerged half a million ...

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing altogether. Here’s what we know, ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop a taste for grassy plants, especially grains and the starchy plant tissue ...

Once overlooked, Morocco has emerged as a focal point of human prehistory, with new discoveries and a landmark report ...

A fossil jaw found in Ethiopia shows Paranthropus ranged far north, challenging long-held ideas about early human relatives ...

A large comparative study of primate teeth shows that grooves once linked to ancient human tooth-picking can form naturally, while some common modern dental problems appear uniquely human.