Hank brings you the facts, as they are understood by scientists today, about the evolution of humans from our humble primate ...

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Something about a warm, flickering campfire draws in modern humans. Where did that uniquely human impulse come from? How did our ancestors learn to make fire? How long have they been making it?

A fossilised human skull unearthed in China and dated to around one million years ago may radically change what we know about the origins of our species. Researchers say the analysis suggests Homo ...

The British geneticist Steve Jones has recently given a lecture at University College London entitled “Is human evolution over?” His answer to his own question is in the affirmative. I agree with ...

Introduction / Janet Browne -- The fetus, the fish heart and the fruit fly : a reflection on Darwin's chapter 1. The evidence of the descent of man from some lower form / Alice Roberts -- Remarkable, ...

The curious minds at What If reveal the truth about human and chimpanzee evolution, comparing genomes, behavior, and evolutionary divergence.

A badly crushed cranium unearthed decades ago from a riverbank in central China that once defied classification is now shaking up the human family tree, according to a new analysis.Related video above ...

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A 146,000-year-old skull recovered near Harbin, China, by scientists decades ago has now been found to belong to the Denisovans, an extinct relation to modern humans who lived in Siberia and East Asia ...

The Ducks (13-1, 9-1 Big Ten) and Hoosiers (14-0, 9-0 Big Ten) meet in Atlanta, with kickoff set for 4:30 PM Pacific Time on ESPN. The Daily... Digging in the dirt of East Africa for ancient monkey ...