Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the human family tree, including species such as the hobbit-like Homo floresiensis and the powerfully built Homo naledi. A pinkie ...

(CNN) — The story of how humans evolved is a long and winding one — and it grows more complicated with each passing year. Discoveries in the past two decades have added new branches to the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Bones found in an Israeli quarry are from a branch of the human evolutionary tree and are 120,000 to 140,000 years old, scientists reported Thursday. A team of anthropologists ...

However, being taller and more muscular comes with greater evolutionary costs ... is a lot easier than it was throughout much of human history. The researchers describe in the paper how they ...

Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on new mutations and exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the generation of sex cells, in a process called recombination. Recombination manifests ...

“This method opens up exciting possibilities for understanding human evolution, and it has the potential to answer crucial questions, for example, when did our ancestors begin to incorporate ...

The most famous Australopithecus fossil is the one nicknamed Lucy The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary ... for fruits, tree leaves and certain ...

The SE01 humanoid robot, which previously made headlines for achieving one of the most human-like gaits, has again captured global attention. Chinese robotics firm EngineAI has posted a new video ...

JOHANNESBURG — Breaking new ground in our understanding of early human diet and evolution, scientists have discovered that our ancient relatives may not have been the avid meat-eaters previously ...

Diet has been a crucial component of human evolution, says Tina Lüdecke, a geochemist at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany. A switch from a vegetarian diet to the habitual ...

Jan 16 (Reuters) - The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage ... have included browsing for fruits, tree leaves and certain flowering plants ...