A recent groundbreaking study has radically altered our understanding of human evolution. Homo sapiens, traditionally thought ...

The remains this model is based on were found ... They were then incorporated into the Museum's Human Evolution gallery, which opened in December 2015. Recently the Kennis brothers reconstructed the ...

Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Publishing in Cell Genomics, researchers have identified a genetic variant ...

However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate ... who says that human populations in both Africa and Eurasia contributed to the evolution of anatomically modern humans (Figure 1 ...

For over a thousand years, the story of human evolution was simple: Homo sapiens developed in Africa between 200,000 and ...

In this model, isolation among hominin populations ... the timing of Neanderthal and modern human origins. Journal of Human Evolution 59, 87-95 (2010). Heinrich, J. Demography and cultural ...

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The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

The find at first bolsters the argument for human evolution -- in the 1920s, a model of the skull is even brought to the Scopes trial by the defense -- but in the 1950s the fossil is revealed as a ...

Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans' scrapes and cuts tend to stick around for more than twice ...

The Human Evolution gallery will be closed between 19 and 23 May while we make some improvements to the cases. We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause. Meet your ancient relatives, trace ...