Human evolution (2024)

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Meet your ancient relatives How humans evolved The origin of our species How we became human The Neanderthal in us Tracing our genetic ancestry Early human family tree Who were the Neanderthals? hom*o habilis, an early maker of stone tools hom*o floresiensis: the real-life 'hobbit'? hom*o erectus, our ancient ancestor Australopithecus afarensis, Lucy's species hom*o naledi, your recently discovered human relative Potential new human species may redraw the family tree Ancient skull from China could be new human species, Dragon Man hom*o luzonensis: new species of ancient human discovered in the Philippines Our closest relative Are Neanderthals the same species as us? Bringing a Neanderthal to life: the making of our model First adult Neanderthal skull How the Neanderthals got their big noses The pros and cons of dating a Neanderthal Most southerly evidence of Neanderthals revealed in cave in Palestine Neanderthals grew up faster than humans to power brain growth A new look at the Gibraltar Neanderthals Cheddar Man: Mesolithic Britain's blue-eyed boy Humans in Britain First Britons The cannibals of Gough's Cave The making of an island The oldest human footprints in Europe Skeletons reveal their secrets A history of burial in London Life in the bones of Londoners Analysing the bones: what can a skeleton tell you? Latest human evolution news Human ancestors may have almost died out after ancient population crash Ancient ice age could have caused the first Europeans to go extinct Oldest known Neanderthal engravings unearthed in French cave Fossils reveal early modern humans in southeast Asia 77,000 years ago In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture The theory of evolution Human origins Read more Alice Roberts: How the Museum has inspired me Claims that hom*o naledi buried their dead could alter our understanding of human evolution Ancient human DNA found in 20,000-year-old bone jewellery Oldest remains of ancient human relative Paranthropus suggest possible tool use Giant glyptodont armadillos may have been hunted by early South Americans Earliest human fossils in the UK reveal how ancient Europeans were connected Neanderthal extinction may have been caused by sex, not fighting The oldest human DNA in the UK reveals two distinct populations in late Ice Age Britain Siberian remains could represent first-known Neanderthal community Sinuses offer new way of studying the evolution of ancient humans Early English Anglo-Saxons descended from mass European migration Ancient DNA from medieval Norwich skeletons shed light on Jewish history Prehistoric giant stork competed with 'hobbit' human relative for food The first people in Australia likely feasted on the eggs of giant ducks Fossil tooth could show the mysterious Denisovans made it to southeast Asia Oldest evidence of modern humans in western Europe discovered Human ancestor hom*o erectus probably wasn't the carnivore we thought Ancient Britons adapted to drink milk a millennium earlier than Europeans Oldest evidence of hominins in Arabia give clues to how humans left Africa Oldest human burial in Africa has been discovered in a cave in Kenya Fossil evidence of mysterious 'southern Denisovans' yet to be found Ancient burials near Stonehenge reveal how cultures merged in the Bronze Age Modern human origins cannot be traced back to a single point in time Human teeth found in Jersey hint at Neanderthal and hom*o sapiens interbreeding Some Bronze Age Britons turned the bones of dead relatives into musical instruments The earliest art in Britain was created in the Ice Age Human ancestor hom*o erectus had the stocky chest of a Neanderthal Dating the Broken Hill skull: hom*o heidelbergensis was younger than we thought Australopithecus afarensis: Human ancestors had slow-growing brains just like us Modern humans may have been in Europe 150,000 years earlier than thought Early Neanderthal teeth shed light on the identity of our own ancient ancestors Neolithic Britain: where did the first farmers come from? The oldest drawing ever found is a stone 'hashtag' Ancient child from Siberia was Neanderthal and Denisovan hybrid Ancient human teeth suggest new links between prehistoric African populations The way we have been thinking about the first modern humans in Africa could be wrong New evidence of ancient child sacrifice found in Turkey Creating a computer-generated Neanderthal The Beaker people: a new population for ancient Britain Humans left Africa 40,000 years earlier than we thought Fossil teeth suggest earlier entry of modern humans into SE Asia Broken bones may rewrite history of humans in America Oldest known hom*o sapiens fossils discovered in Morocco Carved bone reveals rituals of prehistoric cannibals Earliest evidence of modern humans breeding with Neanderthals Neanderthals' distinctive face shape explained Modern humans reached Asia far earlier than previously thought More complexity in early human evolution in East Africa Neanderthals and humans had ample time for interbreeding Missing human fossils rediscovered Grandpa Neanderthal? ‘Pit of bones’ clues suggest closer link

Wanting to understand who we are, where we come from and how we evolved is part of what makes us human.

This an exciting time to be examining human evolution. Intriguing fossil and archaeological discoveries, combined with innovative techniques and DNA research, are transforming scientists' understanding of our ancient past.

We now know of more than 20 hominin species that are part of our family tree. At least half of these species are based on fossils unearthed in the last 30 years.

Museum scientists are at the forefront of research on themigration, characteristics and capabilities of these early human relatives, and the origin and cultural development of our species, hom*o sapiens.

Trace the evolution of humans since our lineage split from that of chimpanzees, explore what we have in common with our ancient relatives and discover research that is helping to answer questions about our past and future.

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Meet your ancient relatives

Embark on a seven-million-year journey of evolution and see fossil and artefact discoveries in theHuman Evolution gallery.

How humans evolved

Early human family tree

Meet some of the members of your human family tree.

Our closest relative

Discover more about Neanderthals.

Humans in Britain

Latest human evolution news

In collaboration with Google Arts & Culture

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The theory of evolution

Audio exhibition about the theory of evolution, which underpins modern biology. Narrated by Dr Tim Littlewood.

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Human origins

Thanks to the fossil record, we know humans have evolved over millions of years, through a complex process of change. Narrated by Prof Chris Stringer.

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Human evolution (2024)
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