Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

And now that the first stage of human evolution has concluded, he believes we’ve entered a suspended state and a second stage of evolution is coming. It’s all ours to shape.

Both genetic and fossil evidence show that until relatively recently, human evolution happened in Africa. Whether the genus Homo first emerged in southern or in eastern Africa remains unclear.

The first anatomically modern humans (Homo sapiens) appear in Africa some time before 100kYA -- they evolved from Homo heidelbergensis. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

The year 2023 proved to be another exciting 12 months for research in human evolution. ... First up is a study from October by a team headed by Gabriele Russo.

The earliest writing systems, such as cuneiform or hieroglyphics, represent a leap in human cognitive evolution. By studying these scripts, scientists can observe how early humans began to record ...

When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

Humans spend about 35 minutes every day chewing. That adds up to more than a full week out of every year. But that’s nothing compared to the time spent masticating by our cousins: Chimps chew ...

A new investigation led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine’s Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Spain, and ...

Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist Charles Darwin who laid out an explanation for how humans came to be. His theory of evolution, first described in 1859 ...