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

Ancient proteins from a 20-million-year-old rhino tooth are transforming our understanding of evolution. Researchers have ...

Two new papers analyze fossils found in Canada and Kenya, respectively—vastly different environments for the preservation of ...

Ancient trackways in seabed mud show animals moved purposefully 10 million years before the Cambrian Explosion.

A common scanning method used to create ‘virtual copies’ of precious fossils could be erasing some of the crucial information ...

Proteins from an ancient rhino tooth unearthed in the Canadian Arctic have allowed scientists to look much deeper into the ...

For nearly a century, scientists have been puzzling over fossils from a strange and robust-looking distant relative of early ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of other body parts is a little bit more of a mystery.

Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum.

Fun with fossils: South African kids learn a whole lot more about human evolution from museum workshops by Shaw Badenhorst, The Conversation edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Andrew Zinin Editors ...

A mass extinction event wiped out around 90% of life. What followed has long puzzled scientists: The planet became lethally hot for 5 million years. Researchers say they have figured out why using ...

Australia, with its stunning landscapes and extraordinary biodiversity, is home to some of the planet’s most remarkable and enduring species. Among these are the living fossils, ancient creatures that ...