When did the first humans start speaking ... “I think we are on a good research arc, and I hope this will encourage people to look more at human language and evolution.” This story originally appeared ...

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 ...

Denisovan - an extinct human relative of both Neanderthals and modern humans that lived across Asia. They are named after Denisova Cave in Russia, where the first finger bone was found.