Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...

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Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years Dec. 19, 2024 — Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years ...

With stories of our living ape relatives using medicine and information about the evolution of adolescence and emergence of genetic and neurological diversity, 2024 research delved into the human ...

However, a new study from the University of Cambridge has unveiled a strikingly unconventional pattern in human evolution. Researchers found that the rate of emergence of new species in our ...

A new discovery reported on Sunday, Dec. 18, may forever change scientists’ understanding of human evolution. Paleontologists revealed recently what they say is a new human species from eastern Asia ...

She points out that although Charles Darwin described language as “half art, half instinct”, most people who study its evolution have neglected the creative element. Her research starts to ...

Anatomist Neil Shubin uncovers the answers in this new look at human evolution. Using fossils, embryos and genes, he reveals how our bodies are the legacy of ancient fish, reptiles and primates ...

Smithsonian paleoanthropologists explore how the year brought us closer to understanding ancient human relatives and origins Ryan McRae and Briana Pobiner Two studies came to a similar conclusion ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Scientists have proposed a new form of ancient humans. The Juluren, or “large head ...