A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

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

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Extinct species Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Dinosaurs 95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

Extinct species Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Archaeology Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...