Check out this collection of clips about human evolution. You'll find out the answers to questions like, 'Are humans still evolving?' and 'How are we related to living apes?' Present day humans look ...

A new study challenges long-standing ideas about how early humans survived. Far from being mere hunters, our ancestors may have thrived by scavenging the remains of dead animals. This overlooked ...

For a century, this theory of human origins has died and returned. To free it from limbo, we must disentangle its many ...

Archaeology reveals early humans likely scavenged carcasses and transported meat, challenging the classic hunter narrative.

The human penchant for animals of impressive size has left some of the most hunted species smaller and weaker. A new study finds that human-induced selection, through activities like hunting and ...

Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

A landmark DNA analysis has overturned the long-standing theory that modern humans arose from a single ancestral population ...