This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins split and why that distinction matters. It moves through key branches ...

Many scientists point to cultural evolution, the process by which knowledge, customs and technology spread over time. But ...

People might often claim (or disprove) the idea that humans evolved from apes. The reality, though, is that evolution isn't quite that straightforward.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The story of how us humans—and other mammals—got our noses may have ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Evidence is mounting that the evolution of our species is more convoluted than we imagined — more like a braided stream than a branching tree. Our species is the last living member of the human family ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Malaria may have shaped early human life across Africa far earlier than once thought, steering where people could safely live and when groups stayed apart. By tracing ancient mosquito habitats, ...

A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, reports that Italian bears living in areas with many villages evolved and became smaller and less aggressive.