A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought ...

Several scientific studies confirm that both species coexisted for seven millennia and even reproduced among themselves.

They proposed a “river network” model of human evolution ... However, this broad label obscures the complexity of their evolutionary history. Genetic evidence reveals deep divergences within ...

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Over the last 20 years, genetic research has changed dramatically. An explosion of genomic data has reshaped how we ...

These discoveries suggest that humans were able to live in rainforest before they left Africa, the home of our species. Until ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual.

A century after the infamous trial, evangelicals can unbundle faith from culture wars and recover a wiser witness.

That includes during our hunter-gatherer days, which account for some 95% of human evolutionary history. The idea of "man the hunter, woman the caregiver," widely popularized by (male ...

Even compared to chimpanzees, our closest relatives, our wounds are slow to recover – but it could be the outcome of us ...

Scientists have discovered 1.5-million-year-old standardized bone tools in Tanzania, pushing back the timeline of early ...