Scientists read ancient DNA from South African hunter gatherers and found a very early human branch that shaped survival ...

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Nearly 250 years ago, Europeans established their first permanent settlement in Australia and came into contact with the continent’s Aboriginal people. Now, a new study published in Science Advances ...

The human evolutionary tree can be complicated—but understanding where hominids end and hominins begin reveals how we fit ...

Hunting an entire herd of aurochs was no mean feat, and would have required sophisticated levels of cooperation and ...

New research shows that domestic dogs began diversifying at least 11,000 years ago, long before modern breeding. A major ...

New research suggests that kissing probably predates humanity and evolved between 16.9 million and 21.5 million years ago, after the ancestor of the great apes split from the lesser apes, or gibbons.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Humans are the most successful predator on the planet and stand sentinel at the spearhead of the planetary food chain, but this was not an achievement that came easy. Mankind’s ancestors had to fight ...

Prehistoric hominids have been exposed to poisonous lead for at least 2 million years, a study of fossil teeth suggests, and modern humans may have evolved to cope with the toxic metal better than our ...