Genes make us who we are—but are they shaped by chance, natural selection, or something else?

A 150,000-year-old site in Côte d'Ivoire nearly doubles previous estimates of how long ago humans first lived in rainforests.

A new genetic study has shifted the way scientists describe the origins of modern humans. For many years, the simplest explanation was that Homo sapiens emerged from a single ancestral population in ...

For decades, scientists believed ancient humans avoided dense rainforests, treating them as nearly impossible environments ...

A groundbreaking archaeological discovery in West Africa is challenging long-held assumptions about early human adaptability and migration. Evidence from a site in Côte d'Ivoire reveals that Homo ...

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 ...

In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans, also called the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA), recent single-origin hypothesis (RSOH), replacement hypothesis, or recent African origin ...

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If you’re a lefty and have ever felt excluded from the right-handed club as you write a letter, throw a ball, or wield a ...