Modern human beings are the ultimate apex species, exerting dominance over our environment in a way that no other animal ever ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Scientists now recognize more than a dozen species in the Homo genus. So what, exactly, was the ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

A new study suggests humans belong in an elite “league of monogamy,” ranking closer to beavers and meerkats than to ...

When researchers in China announced a possible new human species from a cave in Hebei province, they did more than add another name to our already crowded family tree. They introduced a population ...