Chinese scientists obtain the first molecular evidence of interbreeding between our ancestor ‘Homo erectus’ and the ...

Miners in Zambia unearthed the Broken Hill skull in 1921, a fossil initially baffling scientists with its mix of modern and ...

Some of the smallest organisms might have influenced our own evolutionary path. A new study has found that the distribution of malaria in Africa in the last 70,000 years could hav ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

A glass of milk can still mark a line through humanity. For most adults, drinking it brings discomfort because the body ...

For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist. Understanding why they do now means rethinking what we know about ...

You may not know that our ancestors hibernated during the winter months. Why did we evolve out of this biologically prolific ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Human evolution might be more "bizarre" than we once thought, according ...

Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Scientists in China discovered that ancient humans were making surprisingly advanced stone tools during a harsh ice age ...

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

Speech is a crowning achievement of human evolution, the skill that separates us from every other animal. So, it would stand ...