New research challenges long-standing assumptions about human evolution, revealing that natural selection has been more ...

Why are there so many species of coral reef fish? According to a new study, it's because about 50 million years ago, some fish figured out how to bite food from hard surfaces.

A new genetic analysis of Neanderthal remains from Stajnia Cave offers an unusually detailed glimpse into a small group that lived together roughly 100,000 years ago.

Genomic data provides evidence for a previously unknown wave of migration, with Indigenous groups living in central and ...

This overview traces the evolutionary timeline from the great apes to modern humans, explaining where hominids and hominins ...