Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

Recent analysis of ancient antelope teeth has provided unexpected insights into the lives of early humans, challenging ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

A 4.4-million-year-old Ardipithecus fossil named "Ardi" shows early humans walked upright, keeping ape-like climbing ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...