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

New research using climate models provides fascinating insights into how environmental conditions influenced the evolution ...

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

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Homo erectus was able to adapt to and survive in desert-like environments at least 1.2 million years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

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 ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the U.S. these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

Innovation often emerges where creativity intersects with technology, driving humanity toward new possibilities. Praveen ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.