Homo erectus may have left a detectable genetic trace in living humans through ancient interbreeding with Denisovans.

A partial skull recovered from central Türkiye has added evidence to a major paleoanthropological debate: where the hominine ...

A long-standing scientific theory linking the extinction of dinosaurs to the evolution of modern tuna has been challenged by ...

Hominin fossils recovered from a cave site in Casablanca, Morocco, may represent a population that sat near the evolutionary fork separating the lineage leading to Homo sapiens from the one that ...

Pioneering chimpanzee experiments revealed advanced intelligence and problem-solving skills. These apes demonstrated insight, ...

When scientifically significant fossils enter private collections, researchers lose access to finite, irreplaceable archives ...

A National Academy of Sciences report on extreme climate event attribution confronts political climate denialism with ...

Artistic representations of ancient humans often show large men with bulging muscles – but our ancestors were actually ...

Fossils from South Australia are offering a surprising clue about the deep history of animal behavior. Spriggina floundersi, ...

A new look at Earth’s deep past is reshaping how scientists understand the planet’s climate, and it carries a quiet warning ...

Natural selection may not be the only force that has contributed to the evolution of channel millet’s unusual genetics.

To understand the story of evolution—both its narrative and its mechanism—modern Darwins don't have to guess. They consult ...