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

The first, called FOXP2, plays a role in human speech and language, but it must do something else in other species, because the decidedly nonverbal mouse has a version of it.

Articles about the evolution of man. A few crucial digs have given us a glimpse of the everyday life of Homo heidelbergensis.This early human was developing a complex mind - once this boundary had ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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.

An almost universal phenomenon in humans is the use of child-directed speech, where caregivers communicate with children, ...

Editor's Note: This is Part 8 in a 10-part LiveScience series on the origin, evolution and future of the human species and the mysteries that remain to be solved. The way humans make and use tools ...

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 ...

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 ...