A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Dr. Alejandra Pascual-Garrido, Research Affiliate at the School of ...

The discovery of 1.5-million-year-old bone tools in Tanzania suggests early human ancestors had advanced cognitive abilities and systematically crafted tools from bone much earlier than previously ...

Cambridge University researchers have uncovered evidence that two distinct populations of ancient hominins, separated for ...

Your Neanderthal genes might be the reason you fight infections better- find out how ancient DNA shapes your health!

I n a stunning revelation, researchers have uncovered a new human species that is set to revolutionize our understanding of human evolution. Homo juluensis, which lived in Asia around 300,000 to ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Indeed, it does seem that every significant new fossil is purported to "completely change our understanding of human evolution." In reality, however, hominin phylogeny has been relatively stable ...

Q: Why do we humans have a hard time understanding, and sometimes accepting, evolution? What ... that there is meaning out there expressed in human terms, which is a kind of ultimate hubris.

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New study shows how bird traits like gene makeup and clutch size shape evolution. This may help scientists understand ...