The newly discovered bone tools, which consist of 27 deliberately split and chipped large mammal long bones, were recovered ...

New research has shown that modern humans descend from not one but two separate ancient human ancestral lineages.

Scientists have uncovered a “hidden chapter” in the history of human evolution and it turns out it’s much more complex than previously thought. It’s known that modern day humans, known scientifically ...

We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species--including plants, fungi, and even humans--are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called ...

This, in a nutshell, is the heart of the stoned ape theory, or the idea that our impressive cognitive capabilities, like ...

Of the 8.7 million species on Earth, why are human beings the only one that paints self-portraits, walks on the moon and ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

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.

A new study reveals that a mysterious human ancestors contributed 20% of modern human genes, potentially enhancing brain ...

Serving at the helm of The Human Sentience Project LLC alongside astronomer Rev. Christopher Corbally, S.J., Dr. Margaret ...