A skull fragment discovered over fifty years ago on the banks of the Elbe River in Germany has finally yielded its secrets. Long considered by some researchers to be a rare Neanderthal-modern human ...

A growing number of discoveries are reshaping long-held ideas about human evolution, from unexpectedly early stone tools to ...

A massive study of ancient and modern DNA from thousands of West Eurasian people has identified nearly 500 genetic variants ...

A landmark Nature study analyzing nearly 16,000 ancient and modern genomes from West Eurasia reveals that natural selection has intensified over the past 10,000 years. Researchers identified 479 gene ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

A study finds an increase in redheads over 10,000 years due to natural selection, highlighting ongoing human evolution and ...

Increasing evidence suggests that our species emerged through interactions between populations living in different parts of ...

Researchers at almost 100 institutions supported the creation of the Max Planck Institute-funded EVApeCognition Dataset – ...

Cooperation is a pillar of human society, promoting an exchange of skills and knowledge between different individuals and ...

Something happened around 4,000 years ago in West Eurasia that made red-haired people more common.

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

There’s more history in your blood types than you think, and it didn’t begin with humans. Here’s what we know about them, ...