A study using ancient DNA has identified notable evolutionary adjustments to dietary, settlement, disease and other changes ...

Scientists analyze 22,000 genomes documenting hundreds of genetic changes due to natural selection over the past 10,000 years ...

Extinct species Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Dinosaurs 95 million-year-old Spinosaurus had a scimitar-shaped head ...

Genome assemblies from 65 individuals, representing a variety of the world’s populations, are advancing the scientific exploration of complex genetic structural variation. Structural variations are ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

New 3D analysis of a German skull clears up decades of confusion, placing this human firmly in the modern family tree.

A seismic shift in the selection pressures acting on humans may have brought us to a major turning point in our evolutionary journey. According to multiple teams of scientists, human culture – ...

Extinct species Strange mammal ancestor laid huge, leathery eggs —‬ and it was key to surviving the world's worst mass extinction Archaeology Stone Age boy in Sweden was buried in deerskin and a ...

South Africa has one of the world’s richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school textbooks contain ...