What makes the human brain different from that of other primates has long been a question. A new study suggests that the ...

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.

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

Researchers discovered that certain human brain cells evolved unusually fast, altering autism-linked gene activity.

A new study concludes that the speed at which the human brain evolved may help explain why our species experiences autism.

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

New research suggests that the evolution of the human brain may explain why autism is more common in humans than in other ...

Scientists digitally reconstructed a 1 million-year-old skull unearthed in China. The analysis suggests it may have belonged ...

A deformed human skull discovered over thirty years ago in central China is now upending what researchers believed they ...

Stanford study finds rapid brain cell evolution boosted human cognition but lowered autism gene activity, raising vulnerability.

A fossilized human skull discovered in China could force scientists to rethink the timeline of our origins. The ...

Researchers discovered that autism’s prevalence may be linked to human brain evolution. Specific neurons in the outer brain evolved rapidly, and autism-linked genes changed under natural selection.