A new study finds early humans ate tough grasses and tubers long before their teeth adapted, suggesting behavior, not biology, drove human evolution.

LOS ANGELES – After examining the fossils of two hominids that lived nearly 2 million years ago, anthropologists said the anatomical features of the adult female and young male strongly suggest ...

The evolutionary success of our species may have hinged on minute changes to our brain biochemistry after we diverged from ...

Findings in human evolution. Read science articles on early humans, human and primate genetics and more. Articles and photos.

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The increase in human population from millions to billions in the last 10,000 years accelerated the rate of evolution because "we were in new environments to which we needed to adapt," Harpending ...

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Scientists find genetic mutation, millions of years ago. Oct. 12, 2011 — -- About three million years ago human predecessors embarked on a new course that would forever alter the evolution of ...