A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

Modern humans can be recognized by their smaller facial structure when compared with Neanderthals and other hominin ancestors ...

Researchers have used distinct markers from human subpopulations to trace back to our common African root in a giant human "tree ... African origin of the human species, but it argues that ...

A member of the species Australopithecus afarensis ... cousin of our direct ancestor—a newfound offshoot on the human family tree. “I think it’s solid” that Ardi is a hominid, if you ...

Improved DNA techniques will help determine where each species fits within the family tree, and give us further insights into recent and ongoing human evolution. Museum scientists and collections are ...

A team of botanists with members from Muse–Museo delle Scienze, Udzungwa Corridor LTD, Via Grazia Deledda, and the National Museum of Kenya has made an extraordinary discovery in the Udzungwa ...

Many native plants are missing from habitats where they should thrive – even in wilder areas. Why? Human actions such as ...

New discoveries shed light on an ancient human species and its evolutionary links to modern humans. Stephen Chester, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College and the CUNY Graduate ...