Scientists have uncovered evidence showing a hominin presence in Europe, half-a-million years earlier than previously thought ...

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

New research using climate models provides fascinating insights into how environmental conditions influenced the evolution ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research led by the Francis Crick ...

Animal migration has fascinated humans for millennia. And for good reason: Some of the most astonishing feats of endurance are performed by long-distance migrants, such as the nine-day non-stop ...

its inability to track changes in migration actions over time, and its omission of non-political factors. Future research could use longitudinal data to examine the long-term evolution of ...

Humans migrate. It is a characteristic of our species. Yet now a migration crisis is headline news. Should we be alarmed? It is an emotive issue. But the scientific study of what happens when ...

Archeological research into hominid artifacts Paleolithic hominids and their development of tools The evolution of hominids and modern humans Human migration out of ...

Scientists are now able to record cardiovascular processes in a variety of species, which will likely lead to a deeper understanding of the energy cost and cardiovascular strain of migration on ...

This evolution may be less about survival and ... frequencies because of factors like cultural preferences, geographic migration and even random events continue to shape the human genome.