Back in 1974, scientists discovered 40 percent of a single hominin skeleton known as Lucy at the Hadar site in Ethiopia, ...

A new study proposes that scavenging was a central, enduring force in human evolution, reshaping how we understand the origins of our survival strategies.

Human Evolution has come pretty far during our time on Earth. But, do you ever wonder, what humans could evolve to look like ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...

Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of NPR's Short Wave podcast talk about the evolutionary history of kissing, how moss spores fare in space, and new clues about the collision that created the moon.

"One Hand Clapping" draws from neuroscience, evolution, philosophy and a rich tapestry of cultural references to examine how ...

Scientists have finally assigned foot bones found in 2009 to an ancient human species, and the move suggests that different types of hominins lived close by in harmony ...

Foot bones and other fossils have been attributed to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a recently discovered species that may shake up the human family tree.

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you ...