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Neanderthals, who did not have such clothing and possibly did not use ochre as sunblock, disappeared from Europe roughly ...

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The story of primates is a tale of incredible variety and ancient roots, told through the lens of science, DNA, and time ...

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran ...

Scientists have successfully reconstructed the face of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old Australopithecus afarensis, providing a ...

Three million years after she walked the Earth, the face of Lucy - one of humanity's most important ancestors - has been brought to life like never before. Thanks to a detailed di ...

The results indicate that having a wider pelvis reduces the risk of complications during birth, but results in slower walking ...

Professor Lars Schmitz joins WIRED to guide us through a giant tree of life mapping the evolution of eyes in the animal ...

“Seeing Lucy’s face is like glimpsing a bridge to the distant past, offering a visual connection to human evolution,” Brazil’s Cicero Moraes, a pioneer in the field of forensic facial reconstructions, ...

Discover the face of Lucy, the most famous ancestor of modern humans, through groundbreaking forensic facial reconstruction.

Comprehensive reference genomes have now been assembled for six ape species: siamang (a Southeast Asian gibbon), Sumatran orangutan, Bornean orangutan, gorilla, bonobo and chimpanzee. Areas of their ...