Scientists say some of the traits that define modern humans may have evolved only after long-standing biological and cultural ...

Do all animals look alike—or is it just our eyes playing tricks? At first glance, this seems like a straightforward question, ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – but that may not be true at all ...

The discovery of a human facial fragment aged over one million years represents the oldest known face in western Europe and confirms the region was inhabited by two species of human during the early ...

A new landmark study has uncovered evidence that challenges the long-held beliefs about human evolution.

Although chickens and mice look nothing alike, they share the same genetic blueprint for buildings faces. So, what creates facial variety? A new study finds that signal sites (known as “developmental ...

Why do no two human faces look quite the same? Although we all follow the same biological blueprint, our features—the curve of a lip, the angle of a nose, the breadth of a jaw—diverge in endlessly ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. If I tried to recap all the new fossils, new methods and ...

A study of 225 newborns suggests prenatal estrogen may have played a role in the evolution of larger human brains. Boys with ...

For years, the Denisovans occupied an unusual place in the story of human evolution. They were recognised as one of our closest extinct relatives, yet almost nobody knew what they actually looked like ...