The terms hominid and hominin are often used interchangeably, but they do not mean the same thing. Hominids include all great ...

Analysis of a 7.2-million-year-old thigh bone recovered from the Azmaka fossil deposit in Bulgaria suggests that the capacity ...

We’re in the Turkana Basin in Northern Kenya, a part of the world responsible for so many hominin fossil finds that it’s ...

Having a tail that extends beyond the anal opening is a requirement of membership in the phylum Chordata, where humans and ...

A unique comedy improv approach called ‘The Experts’ starts off with a TED-talk style lecture by an actual expert in their field, followed by the comedy team at Lickety-Split improvising by taking ...

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Ancient DNA reveals how farming accelerated human evolution, driving genetic changes over the past 10,000 years.

Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago.

Unraveling the mystery of human evolution, thirty-five feet in the air. A chimpanzee female (Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii) sleeps in a nest built in a tree in Uganda's Kibale National Park. The ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...