The debate over human uniqueness is shifting as data has emerged suggesting that other animals can also generate cultural ...

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Two fossils named Ardi and Lucy provide evidence for human evolution. Both were found in Africa. Ardi is a female human-like fossilised skeleton that dates from 4.4 million years ago. Ardi's bones ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ...

This article examines the fossil evidence of our 6 million year evolution. Darwin's great insight ... The fossil record, along with studies of human and ape DNA, indicate that humans shared ...

KrulUA/iStock / Getty Images Plus In their study ... may have played a crucial role in human evolution." The team's analysis also indicated that the genes inherited from this second population ...