What will human evolution look like in the next thousand or million years? From genetic engineering to space colonization and ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

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

Experts believe technology may soon allow humans to slow or even reverse aging, with companies racing to make immortality a ...

Now, research from Northwestern Engineering’s Vadim Backman reveals a second ... “Rather than a predetermined script based on fixed genetic instruction sets, we humans are living, breathing ...

Humans and Neanderthals are virtually identical at the genetic level. Scientists are probing the differences to understand why we are here, and they aren’t. Scientists have a new clue in the long ...

Around 70,000 years ago, Homo sapiens faced near extinction due to the Toba supervolcano eruption, which triggered a volcanic ...

Horses have played a critical role in shaping human society, but scientists are still piecing together the story of their domestication. Reading time: Reading time 3 minutes Roughly 4,500 years ago, ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe. Using advanced analysis based ...

Some conservation groups are calling for an effective ban on genetic modification, but others say these technologies are crucial for preserving biodiversity ...