Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the ...

An ancient skull has finally shown us what the Denisovans looked like. Now it turns out they, not Neanderthals, might be our ...

Humans have long viewed themselves as the pinnacle of evolution, labeling other species as “primitive” or using terms like ...

Denisovans were first discovered as another relation to modern humans in 2010—It turns out they might be our closest relative ...

An ASU research team has discovered 13 ancient human teeth in Ethiopia, dating back to 2.6 to 2.8 million years ago, that ...

F or the past century and a half, the concept of evolution has primarily been wielded by those describing change of a purely biological nature. But according to ecologist Mark Vellend, this sort of ...

In this captivating video, witness a dramatic tree fall disaster that disrupts the peaceful life inside a chicken pen. As the tree unexpectedly crashes through the pen, you'll see how the chickens ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside ...

An updated evolutionary model shows that living systems evolve in a split-and-hit-the-gas dynamic, where new lineages appear in sudden bursts rather than during a long marathon of gradual changes.

A new study delves into the development of the ilium, the largest bone in the pelvis, and the genes that underpin its ...

Researchers working in Ethiopia’s Afar region have discovered a new species of human ancestor which cohabited with Homo sapiens.