New volcanic dating from Ethiopia’s Omo Kibish formation has pushed the age of Homo sapiens fossils back to at least 233,000 ...

Patti Smith’s Just Kids was voted a best book of the 21st century. Her new memoir covers her whole life, charting deep love, ...

Anthropologist Christopher Bae has recently suggested we add two new species of ancient human to our family tree. The plans break the conventions for how species should be named – but Bae argues the r ...

DNA shines a light back into the past, showing us things that fossils can't. But how far back can that light extend? Some of the oldest DNA sequences come from mastodon and polar bear fossils about 50 ...

New research posits that a genetic incompatibility between female offspring of humans and Neanderthals and their children ...

Life on Earth began in a way that still boggles the mind. Around 4.5 billion years ago, a chemical process called abiogenesis ...

What could be possible if we learn to harness the computational powers of genome geometry and genetics? And what does this tell us about our past, our present, and our future? Imagine evolution not as ...

Two small genetic changes reshaped the human pelvis, setting our early ancestors on the path to upright walking, scientists say.

Climate change, defunding of global health initiatives and fast-evolving parasites make the fight against vector-borne ...

In tropical climates, lizards are everywhere. It can be a bit wild to see, and they come in all shapes and sizes. They seem a tad superfluous in such large varieties leaving one to wonder, what ...

Some colorful lizards and a mathematical formula from the finance sector have been used to build a new framework to model evolution. Developed by Dr. Simone Blomberg from The University of ...

Scientists estimate chimps’ alcohol consumption for the first time, and find they seem to prefer boozier fruit. Male chimpanzees at the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire are shown eating. A new study ...