Two small changes in human DNA may have played a big role in helping our ancestors walk upright, researchers say.

Learn how early humans evolved at a much faster rate than other apes, adapting larger brains as they developed new ways to ...

A recent study proposes a new paradigm for understanding the role of carrion in the subsistence of human populations ...

Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring ...

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

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

Genetic tweaks allowed early humans to stand, balance and walk on two legs instead of moving on all fours like other primates ...

New findings reveal the geological age, context, and anatomy of hominin fossils discovered at the Ledi-Geraru Research Project in Ethiopia. Although scientists have uncovered much of the story of ...

Lead is a powerful neurotoxin that disrupts the growth and function of both brain and body. There is no safe level of lead exposure, and even the smallest traces can impair memory, learning and ...

The very first humans millions of years ago may have been inventors, according to a discovery in northwest Kenya. Researchers ...

Humans stand out among mammals for our ability to run long distances without falling apart. That ability links back to early ...