For decades, scientists have been learning more about the diets of early hominins, particularly their reliance on plants. Yet ...

The climate and early human societies were changing quickly during the fall of our closest evolutionary relative—and are big ...

Another hypothesis suggested early modern humans migrated from Africa via a land bridge at the southern end of the Red Sea, ...

Unearthing of the near-intact skeleton of Mungo Man in 1974 and the earlier discovery of the cremated remains of an adult ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time ...

More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...

Stone tool recovered at the site of Bété I, Côte d’Ivoire ...