New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils found in Romania hint that hominins left Africa nearly two million years ...

The idea that modern humans inherited DNA from Neanderthal ancestors is one of the 21st century’s most celebrated discoveries in evolution. It may not be that ...

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

Early humans may have created fire 400,000 years ago, according to evidence unearthed at an archaeological site in England. Although there is evidence that early humans used natural fire in Africa as ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Red meat has long occupied a near-mythic place in the story of human evolution. It is often cast as the food that helped make ...

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

The story of Charles Darwin’s life. His theory of evolution changed the way we understood our place in the world.

Red meat once supported human survival but modern eating is very different. High intake links to health risks and ...