A study of women and girls in a part of South Africa with high levels of HIV infection has shown that the virus has the ...

The story of human evolution is far from a straight line — it’s a complex web of species, adaptations, and interconnections.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...

Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.

New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

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 ...

Walking on two legs has long been considered a milestone in human evolution and one of our most defining characteristics. Until now, researchers assumed that the first humans originated in Africa and ...

Over the past 10,000 years, evolution in West Eurasia has selected for light skin, red hair and resistance to HIV in humans, according to a new study.

Learn more about new research that analyzed 16,000 ancient genomes and discovered that natural selection hasn’t slowed down.

Angela Pelster is well-recognized in the literary community for her work. On April 14, she published her collection of essays ...

Human aging is not what natural selection failed to prevent. It is what happens when selection simply has nothing left to act ...