Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

For thousands of years, dogs have been our companions, protectors, and partners in work. Now, they may be on the brink of an ...

Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...

Palaeontologists have pieced together the brain structure of a bird that lived 80 million years ago named Navaornis hestiae, ...

A study suggests that the human act of kissing is a remnant of grooming, in which great apes use lip suction to clean the fur ...

Recent discoveries revealed that our ancestors interbred with Denisovans on at least three separate occasions, leaving traces of Denisovan DNA in modern human populations.

Perhaps most importantly, Lucy’s discovery foreshadowed a series of fossil finds that filled in the scientific picture of her species. By 1978, enough evidence had accumulated to establish Lucy as the ...

Recent excavations in Tajikistan's Zeravshan Valley uncovered an archaeological site dating back as far as 150,000 years, ...

New data is revealing deeper insights into how early humans interbred with Denisovans in events that significantly shaped our ...

Stephen Filmer CNN: In the field of human evolution, what has surprised you most over the ... Lucy’s species did not give ...

An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...

Archaeologists uncovered a 150,000-year-old shelter in Tajikistan, offering new insights into human evolution.