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

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Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever ...

A new analysis of enigmatic skulls from the Republic of Georgia suggest that Homo erectus wasn't the only human species to ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

(Reuters) -Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species in the human evolutionary lineage, one that lived in the same ...

Our species, Homo sapiens, has been evolving for more than 300,000 years, but the story of human origins starts much earlier.

This academic has theorized about what would happen if humans became extinct and reveals who our successor would be.

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to ...

The legendary “Little Foot” fossil may be an entirely new human ancestor. An international team of scientists led by ...