KrulUA/iStock / Getty Images Plus In their study ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution." The team's analysis also indicated that the genes inherited from this second population ...

Archeologists have unearthed what could be the oldest human face in Western Europe. Dated at between 1.1 and 1.4 million years, the bone fragments have some resemblance to extinct Homo erectus and was ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Early human evolution may have been more complex than scientists previously thought, with modern humans evolving from two ...

The Human Evolution gallery will be closed between 19 and 23 May while we make some improvements to the cases. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. Meet your ancient relatives, trace ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

thanks to a curious mix of features Sarah Kuta Archaeologists have discovered a collection of prehistoric animal bones in Tanzania that suggests early humans figured out how to transfer tool ...