A new study of wrist bones suggests human ancestors may have shared a knuckle-walking past with chimpanzees and gorillas.

A new study suggests the answer may trace back to two major shifts in human evolution: walking upright and growing bigger ...

Based on Coll Macià's upper-bound generation interval of about 30 years, there have been at least 10,000 generations of ...

Monkeys were subjected to extreme violence in the videos for the sexual gratification of viewers, the Department of Justice ...

The relationship between predators and prey in the wild is underscored by an evolutionary arms race spanning millions of years, but new research has found modern human activity is reshaping the rules.

When British archaeologists completed radiocarbon analysis of a skeleton that came to be known as Cheddar Man, they estimated his age at 10,000 years. They paused, amazed, and repeated the dating ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

A powerful molecular clock calibrated using data on gene activity from thousands of individuals can predicts biological ...

Scientists have digitally reconstructed the face of a 1.5-million-year-old Homo erectus fossil from Ethiopia, uncovering an unexpectedly primitive appearance. While its braincase fits with classic ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has been walking across the globe for his project, Out of Eden Walk. And he marks every 100 mile checkpoint by interviewing the first person he sees. He joins ...