New clues about our earliest ancestors suggest they may have reached Eurasia sooner than scientists once thought. Fossils ...

Buried beneath the sea off the coast of Indonesia, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could rewrite the ...

Recent dredging operations off the coast of Java have uncovered fossil evidence that reshapes what scientists thought they ...

“Recombination complicates our understanding of the evolution of ... recent sarbecovirus ancestors of both SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 left their points of origin less than 10 years before they were ...

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Two of the traits that set modern humans apart from non-human primates are taller stature and a higher basal metabolic rate. Researchers have identified a genetic variant that contributed to the ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria that causes relapsing fever, pinpointing when it evolved to spread through ...

Fossilized tracks in Australia reveal amniotes evolved 35-40 million years earlier than thought, pushing tetrapod origins back to the Devonian period.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and UCL have analyzed ancient DNA from Borrelia recurrentis, a type of bacteria ...

These human ancestors would have had plenty to take advantage of near these ancient rivers. Trees bore fruit all year, and ...

The Scopes “monkey trial” garnered international attention, and the battle that was fought continues in some form in other ...

Now researchers are learning that they have also evolved another remarkable genetic adaptation since their ancestors first ...