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One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

Researchers found evidence that suggests Neanderthals could make fire 400,000 years ago at an archaeological site near Suffolk in the United Kingdom. (Jordan Mansfield / Pathways to Ancient Britain ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday. The ...

A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may radically change what we know about the origins of our species. Researchers say the analysis suggests Homo ...

Fossils offer a detailed record of early human skulls but not the brains inside them. So researchers have been using genetic material taken from those fossils to search for clues about how the human ...

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 ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?