We've long assumed our species evolved from a tidy, single stream of ancestors. But life on Earth is never quite so ...

Scientists say they have recovered the oldest known Homo sapiens DNA from human remains found in Europe ... their diet and how they lived. The family group was part of a pioneer population ...

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a fossil from a potential new prehistoric member of the human family tree, and they say it's the earliest known remnants of a face discovered in Western Europe.

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree." However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate.

Today, we sit alone on the only remaining branch of the human family tree. But we are only one character in the story of human evolution. To truly understand who we are, we must look at how we got ...

Researchers have long thought the Levant was a key gateway for our species, Homo sapiens, and other branches of the human family tree that migrated out of Africa. Artifacts found at Nesher Ramla ...

Researchers in Spain have unearthed a fossil from a potential new prehistoric member of the human family tree, and they say it's the earliest known remnants of a face discovered in Western Europe.

Cheddar Man lived around 10,000 years ago. The story of human evolution is not one of neat, linear progression with a concrete beginning and end. Instead, it is a tale of a family tree whose complex ...