Koch Hall of Human Origins,” which opened 15 years ago. Smithsonian's Human Origins Program. What does it mean to be human ...

Mexico's attorney general said on Wednesday that his office was investigating human remains found at a ranch in the western ...

"Our history is far richer and more complex than we imagined," said human evolutionary geneticist Aylwyn Scally.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

Teaching world history often feels like trying to pour the ocean into a teacup. Its vast scope and complexity can overwhelm both students and educators, reducing the subject to a fragmented parade of ...

Jurors took just one hour to convict Felipe Orduna-Torres and Armando Gonzales-Ortega, finding that they were part of a human ...

Beyond human ancestry, the researchers say their method could help to transform how scientists study the evolution of other species. In addition to their analysis of human evolutionary history ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities ...

The upper jawbone and partial cheek bone represent a mysterious unknown species that lived in present-day Spain between 1.1 ...

Scientists have revealed a hidden chapter in human evolution, showing our origins trace back to the interbreeding of two ...