A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

A new study, published July 6, 2026, in the journal Nature Communications, suggests that two of the best-known trends in ...

A stunning fossil discovery in Ethiopia shows that early Homo and a previously unknown Australopithecus species lived together around 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago. The find overturns the classic ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

A glass of milk can still mark a line through humanity. For most adults, drinking it brings discomfort because the body follows the older mammalian pattern, shutting down the enzyme lactase after ...

A new Yale-led study provides one of the most detailed and comprehensive analyses to date of genetic variation in human populations in Oceania, filling a major gap in representation in genomics ...