Early humans may have reached adulthood around the same age as great apes, but with a slower, human-like pattern of tooth ...
Compared to the great apes, humans have an exceptionally long childhood, during which parents, grandparents and other adults contribute to their physical and cognitive development. This is a key ...
Interestingly, this fossil fills a 70-million-year-long gap in our knowledge between the early bird-like dinosaurs ...
Signs of temporarily delayed tooth development in the skull of an ancient Homo species youth spark debate about the origins of humanlike growth.
Putting together the puzzle of human evolution sometimes comes down to about 32 pieces ... In the new study, Zollikofer and ...
Recent excavations in Tajikistan's Zeravshan Valley uncovered an archaeological site dating back as far as 150,000 years, ...
Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...
An analysis looking at the hand bones of australopithecines, apes and humans reveals that tool use likely evolved before the ...
Lucy, a fossilized skeleton unearthed 50 years ago this month, transformed scientists’ understanding of human evolution.
In southern Serbia, the remains of a prehistoric house dating back around 8,000 years ago were recently unearthed. The discovery could reveal new insights into what ancient societies in Europe looked ...