PITTSBURGH, Pa. — In the arid landscapes of northern Kenya, a remarkable discovery is reshaping our understanding of human evolution. Scientists have uncovered 1.5-million-year-old footprints that ...

D espite being almost genetically identical to modern humans, Neanderthals had much chunkier faces, with big noses, ...

A new study that examines how kissing evolved suggests that ape ancestors and early humans like Neanderthals probably locked lips with their friends and sexual partners. The behavior may date back 21 ...

A recent discovery at Lake Turkana in Kenya has scientists thinking there may have been two ancestral human species — or hominins — coexisting together. Thanks to a patch of wet silt that was buried ...

Researchers have uncovered new insights into a long-lost human species known for their particularly hefty craniums, according to a recent study. The Julurens — or “big head” people — are twisting ...

Scientists found that kissing likely originated millions of years ago in great apes and was shared by early human relatives, ...

Our results paint early apes in an amorous light, showing that the ancestors of large apes were kissing each other as far back as 21.5 – 16.9 million years ago. Clearly, they were onto a good thing ...

Well done Homo sapiens! Yes, that's us: the modern human. We avoided extinction and thrived. But this was not the case for ...