With an opposable big toe resembling a human thumb, the fossilized Burtele foot suggested its owner was a skilled climber, ...

When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add ...

Scientists have finally cracked the mystery wrapped around 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the “Burtele Foot” which was ...

The study found that unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are filled, the Homo lineage shows an unusual trend where increased competition ...

Newly discovered fossils prove that a mysterious foot found in Ethiopia belongs to a little-known, recently named ancient ...

The Indigenous peoples of the Bolivian highlands are survivors. For thousands of years they have lived at altitudes of more than two miles, where oxygen is about 35 percent lower than at sea level.

Scientists report unusual biological patterns on the Tibetan Plateau, hinting at live human evolution in action. A new study ...

A new study proposes that scavenging was a central, enduring force in human evolution, reshaping how we understand the origins of our survival strategies.

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...