Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to ...

Then, around 2 million years ago, the team noticed that evolution started to catch up. The teeth of later human ancestors like Homo habilis and Homo ergaster showed a spurt of change. Their molars ...

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 ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

For decades, scientists have tried to pinpoint whenearly human ancestors transitioned from a plant-based diet to regular meat consumption. This shift is believed to have played a crucial role in brain ...