The molecular clock is based on a simple idea: genetic changes happen gradually and predictably over time. By working ...

Scientists working in Ethiopia's Afar Region have made discoveries that rewrite our understanding of early human history. For ...

A new study theorizes that evolution ticks at different speeds, especially when a big group of organisms first appears.

Earliest evidence of poisoned arrows offers new insights into the advanced technology and strategic thinking of prehistoric ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

Could Homo sapiens and an archaic and now-extinct species of early human have lived alongside each other on the Indonesian ...

For the first time, scientists have reconstructed ancient genomes of Human betaherpesvirus 6A and 6B (HHV-6A/B) from ...

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Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Scientists have gotten an unprecedented look at how the human embryo implants in a uterus. They did this by creating very primitive, womb-like environments in the lab. "This is really important work ...

In the rugged heart of Central Italy, brown bears have been living next to villages for a very long time. A new study argues that the Apennine brown bear (Ursus arctos marsicanus) has evolved into a ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...