Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

New research reveals that early humans changed Europe’s landscapes long before farming began, using fire and hunting to alter ecosystems.

New excavations near Canterbury reveal stone tools dating between 560,000 and 620,000 years old, proving Homo heidelbergensis ...

Almost 2 million years ago, a young ancient human died beside a spring near a lake in what is now Tanzania, in eastern Africa ...

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

We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

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

New research suggests the origins of modern humans may have begun by the sea in southern Africa 70,000 years ago.

Just like humans, cats and dogs get diabetes when their pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin, or it produces enough but ...

Before electricity, humans naturally slept in two phases, waking for an hour or two around midnight for quiet activities. This biphasic sleep pattern, ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...