Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

Old Skull of ‘Maba’ Continues to Puzzle Scientists as It Does Not Match Any Human Species. Experts have been at work for ...

Scientists used enamel proteins from 2-million-year-old teeth to find unexpected variation in Paranthropus robustus.

A new study about tadpoles that turn into cannibals may sound like fodder for nature trivia, but it carries a much deeper ...

Scientists used enamel proteins from 2-million-year-old teeth to find unexpected variation in Paranthropus robustus.

Reznick wanted to examine Charles Darwin’s concept of the struggle for existence — specifically, how predator-prey interactions shape the evolution of new species. Enthusiastic and ambitious, he ...

Analysis of feathers trapped in amber sheds new light on evolutionary path that led to early birds’ ability to fly.

A cutting-edge technique for analyzing fossil tooth enamel is revealing remarkable new information about 2 million-year-old ...

More than a decade after his 'Origin of Species', Darwin found courage to publish ideas he had once only hinted at. In 'The Descent of Man' he presented an unequivocal account of human evolution.

The Chicago Archaeopteryx provides rare 3D insights into skull evolution, soft tissue structure, and the first evidence of ...

First detected in 2015, gravitational waves may not have had a direct hand in human evolution, but it certainly helped set ...

Current planetary crises, from climate change to famine, epidemic disease, and overpopulation, starkly inform us that we are not managing our evolution well. A rogue state like North Korea holds up a ...