"Within the past 50,000 years most of the variation that is seen among human populations evolved," said researcher Jason ...

Researcher Christopher J. Bae identified Homo juluensis, a new human species that coexisted with Denisovans in Asia. A University of Hawaiʻi researcher may have identified a new human species, Homo ...

Witness the incredible journey of our species! From simple beginnings to the sophisticated beings we are today, human ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins ...

The Many Humans of the Globe As our species (Homo sapiens) evolved and spread across the globe, they were contemporary with ...

While humans share over 95% of their genome with chimpanzees, our brains are far more complex due to differences in gene expression.

What will humans be like generations from now in a world transformed by artificial intelligence (AI)? Plenty of thinkers have ...

By digitally modeling muscles and tendons for the skeleton of Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis), researchers determined that our hominin ancestors could run well but topped out around 11 mph.

Human beings have been at the center of ecological change on Earth for thousands of years. But as history shows, no species ...