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Chinese scientists obtain the first molecular evidence of interbreeding between our ancestor ‘Homo erectus’ and the ...

Scientists have uncovered surprising clues hidden deep in human DNA, and the findings are forcing experts to rethink a long-standing theory about our past.

A new study shows how the mismatch between where fossils are preserved and where humans likely lived may influence our understanding of early human evolution. Much of the early human fossil record ...

A glass of milk can still mark a line through humanity. For most adults, drinking it brings discomfort because the body ...

The stone tools were found at the Lingjing archaeological site in central China. An early human species called Homo juluensis ...

Birds 'I'm more hopeful that birds can endure than maybe even our own species': Paleontologist Steve Brusatte on why birds are the ultimate survivors Plants Flowering plants transformed into 'hopeful ...

Human Evolution 'We can no longer ignore diseases in the deep human past': Malaria influenced early humans' migrations across Africa, study suggests Neanderthals Neanderthals' brains weren't to blame ...

Long before humans spread across the globe, a deadly disease may have quietly shaped where our ancestors lived—and even how we evolved. New research reveals that malaria didn’t just threaten early ...

One hundred years ago, a small town in eastern Tennessee captured the attention of the entire country. A biology teacher in Dayton was accused of teaching human evolution to his students — which was ...

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. However, ...