Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Share on Pinterest Researchers have been looking into the evolutions of human genetics. HECTOR RIO/AFP via Getty Images Researchers have been looking into the evolution of human genetics.

And there are thousands of fossils documenting progressively more human-like species in the evolution of our lineage after it split from the other great apes and later from chimps and bonobos.

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In this op-ed, Willow Defebaugh reflects on nature, evolution, and her new book The ... and how much it is just about change: the idea that human beings, like our scaled and feathered relatives ...

Human evolution, traditionally driven by natural selection, may have reached a point where technological and medical ...

Human evolution is complex. Misconceptions, misunderstandings, and myths readily arise when we try to simplify it too much. The overwhelming majority of scientists agree that humans evolved over ...

A self-proclaimed healthcare futurist, Jeffrey Charles Hardy, says that after millions of years, human evolution has stalled out. He believes we are in a state of suspended evolution before the ...

Human evolution might be more "bizarre" than we once thought, according to a new study. In the past, scientists believed that hominin evolution was largely driven by changes in climate.

The turn of the next millennium is still a long way off, but that hasn’t stopped scientists from simulating what future human evolution might look like when the year 3000 hits. The result?

Spending less time on mastication may go hand in hand with human evolution. By Kate Golembiewski Humans spend about 35 minutes every day chewing. That adds up to more than a full week out of every ...