By tracing when variations in the human genome first appeared, researchers have found that advances in cognitive abilities ...

From Australopithecus to Homo sapiens, this video explores how humans evolved across millions of years of adaptation, ...

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

The human brain grew from a survival machine into the most complex organ on Earth—fueling language, culture, and technology.

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

When scientists found the skull, named Yunxian 2, they assumed it belonged to an earlier ancestor of ours, Homo erectus, the ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

The same regulatory landscape which influences the development of fingers is present in fish, despite their distinct lack of digits. When researchers used CRISPR (a common gene editing tool) to fiddle ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

Through the use of protein models, the researchers were able to establish the sequence of chemical reactions making ...

New research suggests that Homo floresiensis’ short stature is probably the result of a type of dwarfism that occurs in ...

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans ...