An ancient skull unearthed in China’s Hubei Province may push back the emergence of the human species by 400,000 years ...

The findings have the potential to resolve the longstanding "Muddle in the Middle" of human evolution, researchers said.

The significant push back in the date of origin of modern-day humans is notable. It indicates that, in the last 800,000 years ...

In 1990, an ancient human skull was unearthed in China's Hubei Province that was so badly deformed during fossilization that ...

A digital reconstruction of a million-year-old skull suggests humans may have diverged from our ancient ancestors 400,000 ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be the result of millions of years of evolution. Rapid neuronal evolution in humans is likely ASD’s genetic cause, new research suggests. Though autism can cause ...

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A new paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution, published by Oxford University Press, finds that the relatively high rate of Autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in ...

The extraordinary evolution of humans is often exemplified by two defining traits: large brains and highly dexterous hands. Together, they enabled the development of tools, the rise of complex ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence suggesting that autism may have it roots in how the human brain has evolved. "Our results suggest that some of the same genetic changes that make the human brain ...