This has been quite the wild year in human evolution stories. Our relatives, living and extinct, got a lot of attention—from ...

Certain images continue to stand the test of time within the wilds of cinematic pop culture. From Dorothy wandering down Oz’s gleaming Yellow Brick Road to Marion Crane’s shocking death halfway ...

Around 25 million years ago, an evolutionary split occurred between our ancestors, the precursors of humans and apes, and ...

Humans evolved large brains and flat faces at a surprisingly rapid pace compared to other apes, likely reflecting the evolutionary advantages of these traits, finds a new analysis of ape skulls by UCL ...

Mongrel models and seductive scenarios of human evolution -- Terminology, morphology, genes, and lots of fossils : Apes in space ; Apes in time ; Taproot and branches of our family tree -- Positional ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

New study of 7-million-year-old fossils from Chad proves Sahelanthropus tchadensis walked upright while still climbing trees.

The study of gestural communication in great apes has provided a rich insight into the evolutionary roots of human language. Apes typically employ an extensive repertoire of innate gestures that are ...

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 ...

"This book is about the irreducibility of human evolution to purely biological properties and processes, for human evolution has incorporated the emergence of social relations and cultural histories ...

Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a new study. Great apes track events with their eyes in the same way that humans do, according to a study published ...