Newly discovered fossils in Ethiopia show that Homo coexisted with Australopithecus 2.6 million years ago, rewriting the timeline of human evolution. Far from a straight line, early human history was ...

Recent fossil discoveries lend credence to the fascinating proposition that non-human species may have coexisted alongside ...

On remote islands of Papua New Guinea, people carry a story that ties us all back to our deepest roots. Although their striking appearance once puzzled scientists, new genetic evidence shows they ...

Researchers have described a large set of previously unrecognized enzymatic domains—named the Lipocone superfamily—and outlined their evolutionary pathway from bacterial defense molecules to key ...

Bipedal locomotion — walking upright on two legs — is a fundamental trait underpinning humankind’s success. Scientists now have identified two innovations that occurred long ago in the human ...

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Discover the profound ecological impact of trees, from shaping the environment to their sacred significance in human ...

The molecule Wnt, which plays a role in cell communication during human development, evolved from a superfamily with a shared lipid-modifying mechanism originally involved in bacterial defence and ...

When the next pandemic threat looms, help may come from an unexpected source: wild animals. In a new study led by Prof. Ran ...

A planetary perspective on the relationship between life and energy, and the emergence of a life form whose influence extends ...

When you picture a shark, you probably think of a large, powerful predator cruising the open ocean. Species such as the great ...

In a study published last week in the journal Science, researchers suggest the evolution of thumbnails might have helped some ...