In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...

Natural history is a difficult thing to conceptualize. You’ve got eons of undocumented progress, like the evolution of many species. Take, for example, the Australopithecus, an ancient great ape ...

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

Scientists debate whether true reverse evolution is possible, but this species of tomatoes on the western Galápagos Islands ...

The last common ancestor of humans, chimpanzees and bonobos wasn’t especially prone to violence, according to a study attempting to reconstruct the evolution of warlike behaviour among apes ...

Human ancestor 'Lucy' was hairless, new research suggests. Here's why that matters. News By Stacy Keltner published 23 June 2024 ...

Tail loss occurred in our ape ancestors at the same time as the evolution of a more erect back and, in turn, a tendency to use only two of the four limbs to support the body.

Tacoma Community College professor Kirsten Jenkins is co-author of research papers in “Science” that pushes back on conventional thinking about ape evolution.