An analysis of ancient and modern DNA suggests the extent of convergent evolution in different peoples around the world is even greater than we thought ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

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

A 7.2-million-year-old femur found in Bulgaria reveals early signs of upright walking and reopens the debate on human origins.

FILE: Reconstructions of a Neanderthal man, left, and woman at the Neanderthal museum in Mettmann, Germany, March 2009 ...

One of the most popular explanations for why menopause evolved in some species is called the grandmother hypothesis. Essentially, older females stop having offspring of their own, and redirect energy ...

In this fascinating talk, paleoanthropologist Juliet Brophy explains the shocking discovery of nearly 1,800 fossils from a ...

For the first time, researchers have digitally reconstructed the facial fragments of the individual, who belonged to the Australopithecus genus ...

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

Long before humans cultivated crops or sailed between continents, a group of plant viruses was already evolving among wild ...