The human chin is uniquely human, and the assumption has always been that it must have evolved for a specific purpose, ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Our DNA reveals extinct "ghost lineages" that shaped human evolution, painting a complex, "braided stream" of history rather than a simple progression. These ancient groups, leaving no fossils, ...

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A growing body of genetic evidence suggests that Neanderthals and Denisovans carried many of the same regulatory gene networks linked to language and vocal anatomy in modern humans, challenging the ...

A new study explains why humans have chins while other primates do not. Researchers found that the chin likely formed as a ...

What if Homo erectus (H. erectus), the direct ancestor of modern humans, arrived in China much earlier than we thought? Research published in Science Advances may rewrite our understanding of early ...

Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...

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New dating methods have revealed that Homo erectus may have arrived in East Asia earlier than thought.

Fresh dating of Homo Erectus fossils suggests ancient humans reached East Asia far earlier than once believed.