Stunning discoveries and fresh breakthroughs in DNA analysis are changing our understanding of our own evolution and offering a new picture of the "other humans" that our ancestors met across Europe ...

Some researchers hypothesize that the incorporation of animal-based foods in early hominin diets led to increased brain size, ...

The research challenges the long-held belief that only Homo sapiens had the capacity to thrive in extreme environments.

The discovery of a new species of ancient big-headed humans in Asia, dubbed Juluren or is revolutionizing our understanding ...

A study of tool use among chimps, our closest living relatives, has cast light on the human evolutionary journey.

New research shows Australopithecus ate mostly plants, challenging theories about early human diets, meat, and evolution.

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer ...

The capacity might explain how Homo erectus conquered Eurasia, but deepens the mystery about what took our own species so ...