Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.

A digitally reconstructed skull discovered in China has scientists questioning long-held beliefs about the timeline of human ...

Ever wondered if crocodiles or Komodo dragons are closer to dinosaurs? While both appear prehistoric, science reveals ...

The recreated skull's features suggest that the fossil belonged to the same lineage as a striking specimen called "Dragon Man ...

Until now, the earliest known evidence of Homo sapiens dates back 300,000 years in Africa. But the reclassification of Yunxian 2 suggests that three major human lineages – Homo sapiens, Neanderthals, ...

A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

Scientists found that the Turkana people of northern Kenya evolved special genes within 5,000-8,000 years to help them ...