A palaeoanthropologist is being honoured for his work tracing the evolution and origins of humans. A blue plaque will be installed at the former home of Louis Leakey in High Street, Foxton, ...

Today, only one kind of hominid remains: Homo sapiens sapiens. The story of human evolution has emerged slowly over the century. The first significant discovery was that of the "Taung child" in 1925.

Simulation based on evolutionary game theory indicates that intensified regional environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among humans, especially in resource-poor areas.

He’s best known for popularising the theory of evolution in his book, On the Origin of Species, but Charles Darwin also had some very unsubstantiated ideas about human beings... In a later book ...

How did humans evolve into the big-brained, bipedal ape that we are today? This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight, and the unifying ...

The enlightened truth of the role of fire in human evolution. Illustration by Paul Garland The next time you find yourself lost in thought while gazing at a fireplace ablaze or even a solitary ...

From helping plants to colonize terrestrial earth to treating disease in humans, is there anything ... During a billion years of evolution, they’ve become masters of survival.