Ancestry

A new article suggests wetter climates may have allowed Homo sapiens to expand across the deserts of Central Asia 50-30,000 years ago

A study of 46 mammal species explores the evolutionary history of amylase, a compound that breaks down carbs

The research suggests that Australopithecus afarensis, of the famous “Lucy” skeleton, is still the most likely ancestor to the genus Homo

The analysis adds a new chapter to evolution, shedding additional light on what preceded human bipedalism

How did the modern human face evolve to look the way it does?

The findings represent a major breakthrough in our understanding of human evolution across Southeast Asia

Findings point to molecular resemblance in climate adaptation traits of the two species

The technology of miniaturization set hominins apart from other primates

4.5-million-year-old fossil shows evidence of greater reliance on bipedalism than previously suggested

The paper argues that our early ancestors acquired a taste for fat by eating marrow scavenged from the skeletal remains of large animals