Combining archaeological evidence with ancient DNA and data on past climates shows us how long and winding the story of human ...

The intersection of technology and anthropology is helping us answer questions about our origins, but it's also giving us ...

This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from new developments in ape cognition to an expanded perspective of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A major genetics study uncovers how ancient human mixing in Oceania still affects immunity, evolution, and modern health. (CREDIT: ...

A big difference between humans and other apes is the ability to stride easily around on two feet, with our bodies vertical. Now, a new analysis of some fossil bones shows that adaptations for bipedal ...

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 ...