Discover what sets human culture apart from animals, as evolutionary insights challenge old beliefs and reveal our unique ...

Interspecies Competition Led to Even More Forms of Ancient Human -- Defying Evolutionary Trends in Vertebrates Apr. 17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and ...

But in that short time, we’ve discovered about two dozen species of human ancestors in Europe, Africa, and Asia—which you can see mapped out in the infographic below. The first known fossils ...

Twenty years ago, scientists found a three-foot skeleton on a tropical island. Where this human species fits in our evolutionary story and why they disappeared remains a mystery.

Her combination of apelike and humanlike traits suggested her species occupied a key place in the family tree: ancestral to all later human species, including members of our genus, Homo.

Explore the ancient legacy of the aurochs and how climate change and human influence shaped its journey from wild beast to ...

They have held a mirror to humanity, revealing our strengths and weaknesses through their own clever behaviors, organ systems ...

If you select a random person out of a crowd, odds are they won't be the tallest human ... their species to have lived. It's ...

New research in the Journal of Human Evolution suggests that the ancient ‘Lazarus’ primate was North America's last until ...

Giant spiders the size of a human hand have had a record breeding year in the UK following conservation efforts. A decade ago, Chester Zoo released thousands of fen raft Spiders after the species ...