As early humans spread from lush African forests into grasslands, their need for ready sources of energy led them to develop ...

The findings come from a team led by researchers at Dartmouth College, and offer the human fossil record’s first known ...

Fossilized teeth discovered in China challenge conventional views of human evolution, revealing a unique blend of primitive ...

What if ancient rivals turned out to be partners? A shocking discovery suggests two prehistoric groups teamed up, thrived, ...

A fish thought to be evolution’s time capsule just surprised scientists. A detailed dissection of the coelacanth — a 400-million-year-old species often called a “living fossil” — revealed that key ...

The artificial intelligence moment is upon humanity. Unfortunately, there is no going back except the mind-boggling ...

Archaeologists have discovered the oldest human skeleton ever found in Thailand, a stunning find in a remote cave that could rewrite the history of human settlement in the region ...

New fossil studies reveal that ancient predators like saber-toothed cats vanished rapidly after their primary prey species ...

Scientists discovered that a protein found in the teeth of Paranthropus robustus was present in some fossils but not in others (Journal of Human Evolution) ...

A Massive Underwater Fossil Find Includes Remains From Ancient Human Ancestors More than 6,000 animal fossils were found in Indonesia, and two of them belong to Homo erectus ...

The idea of a missing evolutionary link between humans and apes is both compelling and persistent, but the truth is more nuanced and interesting.

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade 12 learners, aged 17 and 18 years, visited the fossil preparatory ...