The 3.2-million-year-old human ancestor known as Lucy rose to fame through an incredible combination of circumstances ...

“When people started eating a whole lot more ... “And once we do that, then we can basically start to reconstruct the ...

First identified by archaeologists in 1978, the site was initially found to be home to at least 70 hominin footprints ...

Our readers look back to the oldest known musical instrument and consider the role music had in bringing communities together ...

By Mike Lee For most of our evolutionary history, human activity has been linked to daylight. Technology has liberated us ...

Our ancient evolutionary cousins on Flores represent a unique lineage who lived during a time multiple human species were ... of rat bones reveal about the history of ‘hobbits’ on Flores.) ...

In romantic movies, kissing often symbolizes love, yet this simple act of pressing lips together has peculiar origins.

the entire history of dogs and their relationship with humans has undergone some rethinking recently, thanks in large part to high-tech molecular dating methods that can determine evolutionary ...

New research offers insight into the evolutionary history of amylase genes, which are key to our ability to eat and digest starchy food. A study found that human ancestors started carrying ...

New research published Thursday in the journal Science suggests the amylase gene has a much longer evolutionary history than scientists previously thought. The study found evidence that as far back as ...

Long before humans ate dinner rolls or french fries ... journal Science suggests the amylase gene has a much longer evolutionary history than scientists previously thought. The study found ...