Prehistoric humans in Africa may have avoided areas infested with malaria-spreading mosquitoes, a new study suggests.
New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...
Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral ...
A new genetic study shows that cultural diversity in the so-called Southern Cone—the roughly triangular southernmost part of ...
Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.
A bizarre, cyclops-like creature from nearly 600 million years ago may hold the key to how your eyes—and even your sleep ...
Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and ...
It might not be a coincidence that one of the most interesting geologic locations in the world is also palaeoanthropology’s ...
A tiny ancient reptile just revealed the moment breathing as we know it began — and it changed life on Earth forever.