A hidden force let humans smash a barrier that had trapped our ancestors for millions of years.

A new study could reshape human evolution by placing Australopithecus and Paranthropus within an expanded genus Homo.

What if everything we thought we knew about our human ancestors was wrong? New research is challenging the way we classify ...

The traditional labels Homo, Australopithecus and Paranthropus may no longer match the tangled relationships revealed by the ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 years earlier than thought and in Asia not Africa, a study said Friday. The ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright locomotion. More than any other part of our lower body, it has been radically altered over millions of years to allow us to accomplish our bizarre ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. For most of human history, green eyes didn’t exist.

Scientists in Chicago are mapping some fascinating evolutionary changes to local rodents — and how humans may have contributed to that change. Adaptation and evolution can steer the trajectory of a ...

A mosquito lands on an arm. Within seconds, it finds the skin, inserts its mouthparts and begins feeding. Humans have been experiencing versions of this encount ...

When people build cities and introduce invasive creatures, resident critter populations sometimes adapt Brian Handwerk | Science Correspondent Several species have evolved in response to human ...