University of Michigan researchers have developed a statistical method that can be used for such wide-ranging applications as ...

A team of researchers from the University of Michigan says it is going to look more like a movie than a portrait, thanks to a ...

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree." However, a “trellis” model might be more appropriate.

Today, we sit alone on the only remaining branch of the human family tree. But we are only one character in the story of human evolution. To truly understand who we are, we must look at how we got ...

For everyone who's still figuring it out.

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...