Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

Scientists report unusual biological patterns on the Tibetan Plateau, hinting at live human evolution in action. A new study ...

In Nepal’s Upper Mustang, near the southern edge of the Tibetan Plateau, life unfolds in some of the thinnest air on Earth.

For decades, the dominant theory in human evolution suggested that modern humans descended from a single ancestral lineage in Africa. However, groundbreaking new research from the University of ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...

Adrienne Zihlman, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, is being honored for her bold and pioneering work investigating human evolution. Zihlman has been selected as ...