A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia ...
Evolution is slow, but with the right experimental set-up—and enough time to spare—you can watch nature do its methodical ...
A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...
Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...
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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...
Repeated environmental changes can lead evolution in unexpected directions, and research from Vermont shows that studying a single population does not capture the full story of an entire species. All ...
Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with ...
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