A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...

B ritish scientists unveiled research indicating that the human brain grew slowly over millions of years, occurring gradually ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have ...

While humans share over 95% of their genome with chimpanzees, our brains are far more complex due to differences in gene expression.

Researcher Christopher J. Bae identified Homo juluensis, a new human species that coexisted with Denisovans in Asia. A University of Hawaiʻi researcher may have identified a new human species, Homo ...

Evolution is often depicted as a steady forward march from simple to complex forms. But new research shows that certain ferns can evolve “backward” ...