Fossils unearthed in Morocco are the first from a little-understood period of human evolution and may be remains of a ...

In the research, published Wednesday (Jan. 7) in the journal Nature, a team of Moroccan and French researchers detailed their ...

A new study posits that same-sex sexual behavior developed to help primates in complex social groups ease tension, reduce ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Songbirds on the UCLA campus changed beak shapes during the pandemic, according to a new study. Researchers suspect it might ...

Chimpanzees and bonobos are among the closest relatives of humans. They share more than 98% of our DNA. Yet, these primates ...

A pigment that makes feathers and hair orange helps prevent cellular damage by removing excess cysteine from cells.

The remains of a distinct Bronze Age community found in the Grotta della Monaca caves within the Pollino massif in Calabria, ...

Synaptic plasticity allows brains to learn, adapt, and rewire. It’s foundational to memory, problem-solving, and complex ...

An international team including researchers from Nvidia and Microsoft has used AI on a biological trove of more than a ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that human microbes can trigger genetic brain activity in other species, suggesting our ...