A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

Imagine looking into the mirror and seeing a completely different version of humanity, one with huge eyes, advanced technology wired into the brain, and even the ability to regrow lost limbs. While it ...

A million-year-old human skull found in China suggests that our species, Homo sapiens, began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought, researchers are claiming in a new study.

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis occurred, where life emerged from non-life. Imagine a hot, watery mix of ...

Not literally, of course. But similarly to an ant colony, two scientists say our collective culture—not genetics—has become ...

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.