Jawbone fragments and teeth from a previously unknown species hint that the evolution of modern apes occurred in what's now ...

Early humans named Homo erectus reached East Asia 600,000 years earlier than thought, reshaping the timeline of hominin ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

Fossil jaw remains found in Egypt suggest that the earliest modern apes evolved in North Africa, not in East Africa where ...

Learn how early human language relied on simple verb-noun combinations, and how these structures still survive today as clues ...

Humans are actually limited in how much protein they can metabolize for energy, meaning early humans really needed a more ...

The axes were dated to the Pleistocene, likely made by Homo erectus, the first human species to evolve to have a humanlike ...

A fossil from Egypt hints we’ve been searching for humanity’s ape ancestors in the wrong place. Researchers say a newly ...

A fossil discovered in Egypt could reshape our understanding of human ancestry and evolution, revealing a previously unknown ...

(CNN) — Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans. Pinpointing when mosquitoes shifted their ...

The droppings contain DNA, he thought, and perhaps, even after rain washes them away, some DNA might remain. And if it does ...

A fossil found in northern Egypt from a new species, Masripithecus moghraensis, is changing long held ideas about ape and human origins.