“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” ...

The chart of an ape walking on all fours ... This is still a commonly used depiction of human evolution, with the famous Progress diagram having been published in a book called "Early Man ...

Understanding human evolution often involves looking closely at our DNA. Yet obtaining ancient DNA from fossils older than 300,000 years—especially from Africa—is incredibly challenging.

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Aa Aa Aa The idea that critical junctures in human evolution and behavioral development may have been shaped by environmental factors has been around since Darwin. Although various hypotheses and ...