Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and ...

Human evolution is not a straight line but a complex branching tree shared with other great apes. This overview explains the distinction between hominids and hominins and traces the evolutionary ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Decades of research with humans and other species indicate that males are more aggressive than females. But within the family ...

Even a boneless, gelatinous sack lacking a dedicated anus and brain needs its beauty sleep, a new study by researchers from ...

It has been claimed that because most of our DNA is active, it must be important, but now human-plant hybrid cells have been ...

The 9,500-year-old remains of a woman in Malawi have set a new record, marking Africa's oldest evidence of intentional ...

The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...

For more than a century, scientists have wondered why physical structures like blood vessels, neurons, tree branches, and ...

Progress towards full AI-driven coding automation continues, but in steps rather than leaps, giving organizations time to ...

What made humans behave differently to their closest relatives? Researchers have long sought an answer in a handful of genetic differences between Homo sapiens and our close relatives the Neanderthals ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.