Human Evolution

New fossils and dating put a face on the first of our kind

Ordinary people had a voice in some early Mesoamerican societies, though these democracies apparently lasted only 200 to 300 years

Fossils at site in Georgia paint startling picture of humanity’s first migrants

Genome sequencing shows what genes ancient farmers first selected for in maize

Genes that sculpt the immune system were transformed by exposure in many First Peoples

Archaeologists have a new answer to the mystery of Greenland's Norse, who thrived for centuries and then vanished.

Cross-species hanky-panky likely common among great apes—including humans

The bison, a hybrid of two extinct grazers, roamed European grasslands in the late ice age

Soap opera experiment suggests chimps, bonobos, and orangutans can predict what others are thinking

Ancient genomes trace first settlement of the remote Pacific to Asian farmers

Analysis looks at rates of violence in our primate relatives

Researchers put linguistics and genomics together to explore how ancient Aborigines expanded across Australia and began to speak different languages

Genetic data confirm that ancient Aborigines and Eurasians left Africa in one single, great wave

“Landmark” ancient protein study firmly links sophisticated artifacts from France to our extinct cousins

A religious decree 1000 years ago turned the bird into a popular dish in Europe

Researchers trace origins of indigo dye