When you learned about the history of human evolution in school, there's a good chance you were shown one all-too-familiar image. That picture probably showed a conga line of human-like creatures, ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

Modern humans are evolutionary survivors, thriving generation after generation while our ancient relatives died out. Now, new research into our brain chemistry suggests that an enzyme unique to Homo ...

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the ...

A new study reveals some of the crucial molecular steps on the path to bipedalism. By Carl Zimmer Charles Darwin unveiled his theory of evolution in 1859, in “On the Origin of Species.” But it took ...

Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Western Hemisphere; the Vikings had landed in Newfoundland about 500 years ...