Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England ...

The return of humans to the British Isles after the end of the last ice sheet, which covered much of the northern hemisphere, ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...