Researchers have identified a "tipping point" about 2.7 million years ago when global climate conditions switched from being ...

The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

Human evolution has long been tied to growing brain size, and new research suggests prenatal hormones may have played a surprising role. By studying the relative lengths of index and ring fingers — a ...

Scientists in a recent research study have uncovered a surprising link between the 2.7 million-year-old climate tipping point and human evolution. The researchers led by the University of ...

An evolutionary "arms race" for light and space led to the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could offer fresh insights into crop design. The study led by Dr. Yixiang Shan ...

One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels of estrogen before birth. Surprisingly, a ...

Human evolution spans millions of years, from early primates to modern Homo sapiens. Fossil evidence, genetic data, and ...

Fossils from China's Chengjiang beds reveal that early vertebrate ancestors, jawless fish called myllokunmingids, possessed ...

Fossils from a Moroccan cave have been dated with remarkable accuracy to about 773,000 years ago, thanks to a magnetic signature locked into the surrounding sediments. The hominin remains show a blend ...

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

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. At some point in the deep past, humans may have come frighteningly close to disappearing ...