An executive order critiques the idea that race is a human invention. But that's exactly what modern science supports.

Researchers reexamining fossils identified telltale marks made by human ancestors cutting meat from bones. The discovery ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

A fossilized jawbone found off the coast of Taiwan more than 20 years ago belonged to a group of ancient humans, called the ...

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The third confirmed location of extinct hominins known as Denisovans shows these human cousins adapted to an impressive range ...

Homo sapiens migrated out of Africa roughly 50,000 years ago, but scientists have now discovered that some chose to remain ...

DNA sequences for the chimpanzee, orangutans and more will help scientists to determine what sets humans apart from other ...

In this pioneering study, researchers analyzed 7,500-year-old African women and found a whole new human lineage.

Facial growth stops at puberty in Homo sapiens. Humans differ from chimpanzees and Neanderthals in how their faces grow. In ...

Researchers studied the DNA of two 7,000-year-old naturally mummified individuals excavated in the Takarkori rock shelter in ...