Central features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental problems like climate change, says a new study led by the University of Maine. Humans have come to dominate ...

A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.

A definition of man / Kenneth P. Oakley -- Tools and human evolution / Sherwood L. Washburn -- Ecology and the protohominids / George A. Bartholomew, Jr. and Joseph B. Birdsell -- The concept of ...

Human evolution may no longer be driven solely by genetics. A new study from the University of Maine suggests that culture is now playing a leading role, pushing humanity towards becoming a collective ...

That humans originated in Africa is widely accepted. But it’s not generally recognised how unique features of Africa’s ecology were responsible for the crucial evolutionary transitions from ...

House fox -- Dogs -- Cats -- Other predators -- Evolutionary interlude -- Pigs -- Cattle -- Sheep and goats -- Reindeer -- Camels -- Horses -- Rodents -- Humans: part ...

In 1758, Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus gave humans a scientific name: Homo sapiens, which means "wise human" in Latin. Although Linnaeus grouped humans with other apes, it was English biologist ...

Saini Samim receives funding from the Melbourne Research Schorship provided by the University of Melbourne. She has also received funding from the Australian Research Council and the Turkana Basin ...