The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

An international team from Tel Aviv University and France’s National Centre for Scientific Research announced that a reanalysis of a child’s skull from Skhul Cave on Mount Carmel in Israel provided ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

Brain growth slowed down about 300,000 years ago due to energetic and climate pressures, according to a study published in ...

Human evolution is a complex topic that's easy to misunderstand and many myths persist about the past, present, and future of the human species.

Researchers have unearthed tooth fossils in Ethiopia dating to about 2.65 million years ago of a previously unknown species ...

Ever wondered what future human evolution might look like? Here's what one tech company thinks humans will look like by the year 3000.

The National Museum of Natural History’s Hall of Human Origins vastly distorts the scientific evidence on human evolution, seeking to convince visitors there’s nothing special about us as ...

The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.