Mounting evidence from genome studies indicates that, ... Yersinia pestis, which caused the bubonic plague pandemic known as the Black Death, have been major drivers of human evolution.

The study questions the long-held belief that northern Africa became arid around 3 million years ago, which coincides with ...

A new breakdown of earthworm DNA could help us better understand how evolution works, and it could prove Darwin completely ...

Recent discoveries using lab-grown brain organoids, or "mini-brains," suggest that testosterone increases brain size while ...

Two new studies add to the evidence that human activity, from fishing to urban development, is driving the evolution of wild ...

The part-skeleton of this small-bodied, relatively small-brained female captured the public's imagination.Lucy the ...

Theoretical, anthropological and genetic studies suggest that human evolution has been shaped by gene–culture interactions. This Review collates data from these diverse fields, and highlights ...

Using advanced analysis based on full genome sequences, researchers from the University of Cambridge have found evidence that ...

ABOVE: ©istock.com, ehrlif F or the past 150 years, scientists and laypeople alike have accepted a “savanna” scenario of human evolution. The theory, primarily based on fossil evidence, suggests that ...

New evidence now shows that humans lived in rainforests at least 150 thousand years ago in ... researcher at the National Center for Human Evolution Research (CENIEH), ...

We looked at fossil teeth from hominins (humans and our closest extinct relatives) from the Omo Valley in Ethiopia, where we can see traces of more than two million years of human evolution, as well ...

New evidence now shows that humans lived in rainforests at least 150 thousand years ago in Africa, the home of our species. ... indicating diverse ecological settings for human evolution.