Archaeologists in Britain say they've found the earliest evidence of humans making fires anywhere in the world. The discovery ...

Humans likely harvested their first flames from wildfire. When they learned to make it themselves, it changed everything.

Researchers say they’ve uncovered new evidence in present-day England that could reshape our understanding of human evolution ...

Based on the timeline, stages, theories, and evidence of human evolution, the science community generally accepts that the ancestors of Homo sapiens originated in Africa and eventually migrated north ...

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek is retracing the path of human migration. More specifically, the scientific ...

The museum’s groundbreaking Hall of Human Origins centers around the adaptations that set early humans apart Jack Tamisiea What does it mean to be human? This question, deceptively simple and imbued ...

Learn how genomes from 28 ancient individuals show that Homo sapiens lived in southern Africa in near isolation for hundreds ...

Cats didn’t become house pets because humans needed them. They didn’t herd animals, pull carts, or guard property.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. While the human quest of meaning is perennial, the answers ...

New research offers insight into the evolutionary history of amylase genes, which help us eat starchy food. Long before humans ate dinner rolls or french fries, our ancient ancestors carried genes ...

Two macaques learned to keep time with various songs, which might point to how humans got their sense of rhythm. But some ...