South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, continues to capture human imagination.

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

New research reveals a hidden geometric ratio in Leonardo's drawing that may define the endpoint of human evolution toward ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

The Julurens — or “big head” people — are twisting scientists’ long-accepted understanding of human evolution.

Fish Evolution Diagram (IMAGE) Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters Caption Fig. 3 This is a diagram showing the dermal jaw bones from fish to human.

Where do we come from and how did we evolve into the beings and bodies we are today? The new book "Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution" argues for a better ...

Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum.