The road to humanity was a long one, and we are still exploring its byways. It began in Africa some 7 million years ago when our lineage split from that of our closest living relatives the ...

Many parents dread the moment when a child asks where they came from. Charles Darwin found the subject awkward too: On the Origin of Species makes almost no mention of human evolution. Darwin …

Aug 25, 2006 · 55 million years ago (MYA) First primitive primates evolve, lives in the shadow of the dinosaurs 8 - 6 MYA First gorillas evolve. Later, chimp and human lineages diverge 5.8 MYA Orrorin …

Sep 4, 2006 · Five skulls belonging to some ancestors and relatives of modern humans. From left to right, the skulls are: Australopithecus africanus (3-1.8 mya); Homo habilis (or H. rudolfensis, 2.1-1.6 …

Human evolution is the study of how our species has developed over time and continues to change today. By analysing fossils, artefacts and DNA, we can trace the history of our ancestors and their ...

Sep 4, 2006 · Side view of human jaw The incredible story of our evolution from ape ancestors spans 6 million years or more, and features the acquirement of traits from bipedal walking , large brains ...

Jul 31, 2024 · Humans What made us human? The fossils redefining our evolutionary origins From Neanderthals to Australopithecus and Paranthropus, the more we’ve learned about ancient …

Aug 25, 2025 · One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown …

Jun 30, 2025 · Human evolution and exodus The oldest known Homo sapiens – or what we call modern humans – lived in Africa, perhaps 350,000 years ago. Our understanding of the earliest members of …

Oct 10, 2025 · A timeline of genetic changes in millions of years of human evolution shows that variants linked to higher intelligence appeared most rapidly around 500,000 years ago, and were closely …