What did researchers find? A 1.6-to-1.5-million-year-old skull from Ethiopia combines features from two different stages of ...

From an incredible series of revelations about the ancient humans called Denisovans to surprising discoveries about tool ...

When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an ...

A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...

More than a decade after the first Neanderthal genome was sequenced, scientists are still working to understand how ...

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Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

Modern humans did not evolve from monkeys or any other animal that lives today. Humans continue to evolve but the traits we pass down aren't always for the species' betterment. "Survival of the ...