Scientists used enamel proteins from 2-million-year-old teeth to find unexpected variation in Paranthropus robustus.

Figure 1: Homo floresiensis in the context of the evolution and dispersal of the genus Homo. Could LB1 be a pygmy H. sapiens? Again, no. Compared with a human skull scaled to less than a third of ...

Discover interesting facts about the origin of the human species and what makes us different from our ape cousins.

To get a sense of when this diversity cropped up during human evolution, the researchers also compared the DNA of modern humans to that of a Neanderthal individual and of a Denisovan, another ...

Maba 1 was considered a ‘Chinese Neanderthal’ for their resemblance manifested in the facial area. However, this study did ...

Briana Pobiners research centers on the evolution of human diets (especially meat-eating) in Africa and Asia, but has included topics as diverse as cannibalism in the Cook Islands and chimpanzee ...

Berger’s discovery has turned a spotlight back on the Cradle and its potential to expand our understanding of human evolution. Lee Berger holds the skull of Homo naledi. cc Wits University In ...

To deepen their investigation into human brain evolution, the researchers are now turning to organoids—miniature human brain models grown in lab dishes. These models allow for a closer look at how ...

But in human and other mammalian cells, all previously reported versions of CAST have struggled with low efficiency. To overcome these barriers, Liu and Sternberg turned to directed evolution ...

The latest Human Development Report has arrived, bringing with it a wealth of data and analysis crucial for understanding the state of human development. This year’s report, entitled A matter of ...

Humans likely breed for these features because they most closely resemble those of human infants and trigger parental instincts. Cats or dogs? Dogs or cats? Whether you’re a feline fanatic or ...