Anthropologist Agustín Fuentes joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about human evolution. Are humans still ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...

IntroductionWhen you hear the word "evolution," what comes to mind?Is it "becoming something better than before"?Or perhaps you imagine humans gradually changing from ape-like ancestors.There is also ...

Early humans : of whom do we speak? / Richard E. Leakey -- Homo habilis - a premature discovery : remembered by one of its founding fathers, 42 years later / Phillip V. Tobias -- Where does the genus ...

Meats were important, too. But throughout human evolution, fruits may have fueled much of the brain growth in our primate ...

More than 400,000-year-old Homo erectus teeth from China may reveal a surprising link between this ancient human species, Denisovans, and some modern people. Scientists found protein mutations ...

Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A fossil cranium, which is around 1 million years old and was initially ...

A new study combines paleoanthropology and diving physiology to address a fundamental question in human evolution: Why did ...