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 ...

Human evolution is explained through branching lineages rather than a simple linear progression. Fossils, genetics, and ...

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

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

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.

Summary: Researchers found that Italian brown bears living near humans evolved unique genetic and behavioral traits. The ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025.

Brenna Henn had a long-term grant to study the genetic diversity of Africans and people of African descent. Then her N.I.H.