A new study of two-million-year-old tooth enamel has revealed surprising genetic diversity in Paranthropus robustus, a ...

Researchers reported that the animals are capable of making very deliberate gestures to communicate their desire for more.

A child buried in the world's oldest human cemetery had both modern human (Homo sapiens) and Neanderthal characteristics, ...

A new genomic study reveals how human populations adapted, survived, and diversified in the Himalayas, one of the most ...

Researchers have described proteins that they say are among the most ancient ever sequenced. Two teams, which analysed ...

Scientists have uncovered ancient fossils, prehistoric artwork, and other clues to human evolution. Here are nine of the most revealing discoveries that have changed our understanding of our early ...