The conservation of genome regulatory elements over long periods of evolution is not limited to vertebrates, as previously ...
Despite multiple mass extinctions, the frilled shark has managed to thrive for 100 million years. Today, it remains one of ...
A pioneering study provides new evidence that gut microbes vary across primate species and can shape physiology in ways ...
Analysis - Adolescents are known for risky behavior, with teenagers in the U.S. more likely than younger children to die from injury. But what's responsible for this uptick in risk-taking around ...
Jawbones and other remains, similar to specimens found in Europe, were dated to 773,000 years and help close a gap in Africa’s fossil record of human origins.
The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that ...
New evidence suggests that upright walking may have begun 7 million years ago, reshaping what we thought we knew about our earliest ancestors.
It's the time of year many start thinking about throwing out Christmas trees and also strengthening their immunity. As flu ...
In the early 2000s, researchers uncovered primate bones that were approximately seven million years old in Chad’s Djurab ...
It's considered one of the most decisive steps in human evolution. Now, scientists believe they have pinpointed when our ...