The evolutionary journey from primitive plesiadapiforms to early primates during the Paleocene and Eocene epochs represents a critical chapter in mammalian history. Fossil records from these ...

Scientists discovered that ancient viral DNA sequences called MER11, once dismissed as genetic junk, actually act as ...

They’re not, technically speaking, primates, but they're very close to the ancestry of living and fossil primates. These marsupials are probably ecological analogues of early primates.

Isolation allows creatures to thrive as their relatives perish due to the threats present on much larger landmasses ...

A shocking new study reveals humanity’s near-extinction event that nearly erased our species 1 million years ago. Only 1,280 individuals survived a dramatic population collapse triggered by ...

We can explain our brains, bones, and even balls... but this very visible part of us still has evolutionists stumped.

Donkey Kong Bananza marks the first major first-party release from Nintendo since the launch of the Nintendo Switch 2.

Explore further 52-million-year-old fossils show near-primates were cool with colder climate 176 shares Facebook Twitter Email Feedback to editors ...

During his 36-year career at Cancer Center, Michael Emerman, PhD, made fundamental discoveries about HIV, the retrovirus that ...

Although she studies all kinds of mammalian fossils, her study of fossilized teeth in particular has offered a unique glimpse into the history of life on our planet. She's discovered new species and ...

The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville never had a faculty member in the National Academy of Sciences -- until ...

If you're an animal enthusiast, you probably know that the vast majority of animals prefer not to spend their lives in motion ...