Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us ...

Bipedalism, or walking on two legs, is one of the key features that distinguishes humans from other apes. But when and why our ancestors transitioned from a life often spent in trees to a life spent ...

A Harvard-led team analyzed nearly 16,000 ancient and over 6,400 modern genomes to identify 479 gene variants strongly selected for or against in West Eurasia over the past 10,000 years. The findings ...

Recent advances in our understanding of human evolution challenge the way we currently name and classify our ancestors, according to new research from Monash University. The study, published in the ...

Over the past 10,000 years, natural selection has contributed to the evolution of nearly 500 genes in the DNA of West Eurasians, affecting their looks and susceptibility to different illnesses, a new ...

Using genealogical relationships in DNA, Berkeley scientists have uncovered hidden contributions from extinct human populations that left no sequenced genomes. [Photo: Meaghan Marohn] A new study ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary ...

Archaeologists identified hominin fossils in South Africa, including a 2-million-year-old adult Homo erectus fossil.