Micronutrients, minerals that are part of the human diet in small amounts, may have influenced human evolution more than ...

Recent discoveries of fossilized footprints have provided intriguing evidence that suggests pre-human species were more ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of our ...

Fossilized teeth show that two different kinds of ancient human ancestors coexisted more than 2 million years ago. One of ...

Hundreds of stone tools discovered in Kenya have revealed that human relatives traveled long distances to find raw material.

Why longer thumbs in primates were pivotal to human evolution - Large brains and dexterous hands are thought to be a crucial ...

What's the link between an exploding star, climate change and human evolution? Francis Thackeray, who has researched ancient ...

While the Vatican acknowledges stages of technological development, it lacks a model of integrating science and religion that can adequately assess the influence of technology. The Vatican's approach, ...