A new theoretical paper suggests that human cognitive and linguistic evolution was driven by early humans’ ability to be ...

Scientists once believed they could pinpoint the moment when humans first appeared. But as new fossils have filled in our ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to socialize. Skull diversity across great apes (orange) and gibbons (blue).