Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics.

Discover the latest news, features and articles about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ...

A new digital reconstruction of the face of an early Australopithecus specimen helps add details about the origins of our own ...

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 ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...

New research reveals that ancient interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals shaped our modern human DNA - especially on the X chromosome.

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Humans don’t have a defined mating season like deer or wolves. Here’s how evolution blended biology, culture and social life into year-round intimacy.

The fossilised bones of our ancestors remain silent. So, how can we possibly imagine what our earliest languages sounded like?

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...