Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

Fossils from China's Chengjiang beds reveal that early vertebrate ancestors, jawless fish called myllokunmingids, possessed ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Everything that is alive today has evolved, including human beings. Our ancestors evolved many traits that helped them survive in ...

Human newborns arrive remarkably underdeveloped. The reason lies in a deep evolutionary trade-off between big brains, bipedalism and the limits of motherhood.

The bony facial protrusion might be an evolutionary byproduct that resulted from changes to other parts of the skull, according to a new study ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

The chin is one of our most familiar features, yet scientists still debate why we evolved it. Here’s a breakdown of what we know about it so far.

Humans, who are classified among the five great apes, are closest genetically, i.e., DNA similarity, to chimpanzees (98.8%-99%) and bonobos (98.8%). [Blueringmedia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists uncover the developmental shifts that transformed the human pelvis and allowed our ancestors to walk on two legs.

Humans' exposure to high temperature burn injuries may have played an important role in our evolutionary development, shaping ...

Humans have lived with fire for over a million years. Scientists now say burn injuries may have influenced human evolution and healing.