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

A groundbreaking study by the Roslin Institute explores how whole genome duplication shaped the complexity and evolution of ...

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

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

The story of human evolution usually starts at the point our ... The acceleration in change that is such a feature of modern life seems to have started around half a million years ago.

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

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

The study offers a new perspective on human evolution, particularly the evolution of our large brains. The findings will be published in the journal Microbial Genomics on Dec. 2 at 10 p.m. CST.

the anti-evolution argument that life was created by an "intelligent designer" doesn't hold water: If God or some other omnipotent force was responsible for the human eye, it was something of a ...

The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, and continues to capture human imagination.

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...