Did the early Australians really tread the continent 65,000 years ago, or does their genetic history tell a different story? The intersection of ancient DNA and archaeology is reshaping this ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is poised to discover billions of new astronomical objects, revolutionizing understanding of ...

Analysis Two-million-year-old teeth transform theory of prehistoric human evolution Changes in the appearance of ancient teeth could act as a new evolutionary marker, writes Ian Towle ...

The shape and configuration of a human face are much more variable, compared with other body parts, the study found. What's more, genes that have been linked to face structure vary more than DNA ...

Perhaps no animal has shaped human evolution more profoundly than the wolf. Approximately 15,000-40,000 years ago, humans began domesticating wolves, which eventually evolved into domestic dogs. This ...

Professor Graham Coop, Department of Evolution and Ecology and Director of the Center for Population Biology, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his work on ...

BARDIYA, Nepal — Ram Raj Dhakal, 22, jolts awake to an alert on his phone. A wild elephant has strayed into a village near Thakurdwara, on the fringes of Bardiya National Park. At 11 p.m. in ...

A lost chapter in human evolution has been revealed after an analysis of modern DNA found that we come from not one but two ancestral populations—ones that drifted apart and later reconnected ...

This photo provided by the Catalan Institute of Human Paleoecology and Social Evolution in March 2025, shows Dr. Rosa Huguet, a researcher at IPHES-CERCA and professor at Rovira i Virgili University, ...

Photos reveal face of million-year-old human unearthed at ancient site Bones and tools found alongside the ancient skull fragments give some insight into the ancient human's life.