In the ancient landscapes of what is now northeastern Brazil, 113 million years ago, an unusual ant with bizarre ...

DNA found in museum pieces could provide a unique opportunity to study the history and spread of infectious diseases, ...

Two continents collided millions of years ago, forming a bridge that changed Earth's climate system and triggered one of ...

Scientists link baker’s yeast evolution to ancient human movements, suggesting we’ve been shaping microbial life far longer ...

Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions ...

Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the ...

An archaeological site in Germany suggests communal hunting and complex thinking emerged earlier in human evolution than once thought.

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how ... the director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution at Griffith University.

Ancient protein analysis revealed that the oldest hominin fossil found in Taiwan belonged to a male Denisovan. Penghu 1, a ...

Yuval Noah Harari’s books illuminate history, technology, and society with bold and interesting insights. A compelling reading journey through time, truth, and transformation., Features News - Times N ...

Their genetic makeup was shockingly different to what scientists usually expect to find among ancient humans travelling around Africa. Between 5,000 and 14,500 years ago, the desert area was lush ...

Shocking DNA findings from two mummies discovered in Northern Africa may rewrite the family tree of human history. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute in Germany found that these ancient ...