Over the last 20 years, genetic research has changed dramatically. An explosion of genomic data has reshaped how we ...

In this video, I explain the difference between Hominids and Hominins, including the timeline of when hominins split from ...

In the case of domestic cats, dogs and many other domesticated species, intentional and unintentional selection by humans ...

For decades, many scientists have relied on the "hard steps" model to suggest that intelligent life is rare — the improbable ...

Even compared to chimpanzees, one of our closest relatives, humans' scrapes and cuts tend to stick around for more than twice ...

Understanding human evolution often involves looking closely at our DNA. Yet obtaining ancient DNA from fossils older than 300,000 years—especially from Africa—is incredibly challenging.

Recent research has revealed a surprising diversity of archaic human relatives living in eastern Asia during the Pleistocene, prior to the arrival of modern humans. Among the most significant are the ...

Prof. Nithaya Chetty, Dean of the Wits Faculty of Science, commented, “This reopening represents a significant evolution in how we share the story of human origins. Visitors now have unique ...

What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes that may have shaped the course of human evolution. This period, called the Laschamps excursion, lasted around 2,000 years.

A major question in animal evolution is how genotypic and phenotypic changes are related, and whether ancient gene order is conserved in living clades. Chitons, the molluscan class Polyplacophora, ...

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A combined study on the morphology of the human pelvis – leveraging genetics and deep learning ... It has been suggested that the dilemma may have been alleviated through evolution, with humans giving ...