In a nutshell New research challenges the long-held belief that human evolution required improbable “lucky breaks,” ...

We suggest that as the Earth changed physically and chemically over time, its surface conditions allowed for a greater diversity of habitats for life. And these changes operate on geologic timescales ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.

Scientists say a new, never-before seen species of human ancestor roamed the Earth as recently as one million years ago.

Researchers have recreated the famous hominin’s running form – and it doesn’t look like she’d have won any marathons ...

New fossils provide clues How did wolves evolve into dogs? New fossils provide clues We just learned where the asteroid that ended dinosaurs came from We just learned where the asteroid that ended din ...

Researchers were able to recreate the running form of the famous hominin. Spoiler: she’s not winning any marathons.

The bone fragments of Lucy, a 3.18 million year-old human ancestor which rarely leave Ethiopia, will go on display in Europe ...

Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said that his AI startup is racing to secure the computing power needed to meet demand for its generative AI chatbot Claude. “The surge in demand ...