When Homo sapiens appeared some 300,000 years ago, at least six other human species already shared the planet. Here, in the studio of paleoartist John Gurche, are model representations of those ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts—from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and ...

A groundbreaking study suggests that the famous Cambrian explosion—the dramatic burst of diverse animal life—might have actually started millions of years earlier than we thought. By analyzing ancient ...

Using whole genome sequencing and cutting‐edge analyses, researchers at Stockholm University have uncovered the surprising ...

Our Pleistocene family tree is in no way restricted to simply just us, the neanderthals and the denisovans. Throughout the ...

Humankind's tangled shrub of ancestry now has a new branch: Researchers in the Philippines announced today that they have discovered a species of ancient human previously unknown to science.. The ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

The Harbin skull confirms Denisovan ancestry and expands their known range using protein and DNA analysis from dental calculus. What did Denisovans look like, despite their known genetic contributions ...

Scientists have found genetic evidence of an ancient group of people in Colombia with no modern-day descendants. It’s as if ...

In this programme, we’ll be asking whether humans as a species are naturally clean and tidy. ... Climate change and animal evolution Episode 220714 / 14 Jul 2022 ...

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