Virginia Tech’s study traces early eukaryotic evolution, highlighting life’s diversification since 2 billion years ago.

Fossilized skeletons and shells clearly show how evolution and extinction unfolded over the past half a billion years, but a new analysis extends the chart of life to nearly 2 billion years ago. The ...

The study found that unlike other vertebrates where competition generally suppresses speciation after ecological niches are ...

27, 2024 — Brain size increased gradually within each ancient human species ... illuminates the cultural evolution that took place approximately 50,000 to 40,000 years ago, coinciding with ...

Our understanding of human ancestry has changed dramatically since the discovery of Lucy the ancient hominin 50 years ago. Here is the history of humanity as we know it today.

The discovery of a Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is ...

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

Two species of ancient humans who were thought to be unknown to each other roamed the plains of Africa side by side 1.5m years ago ... crucial in understanding human evolution.

If all the world's a stage and all the species merely players, then their exits and entrances can be found in the rock record ...

The story of human evolution usually starts at the point our distant ancestors began to separate from the apes, whose own ancestors are traceable from at least 35 million years ago and are well ...

The discovery of Lucy, a 3.2 million-year-old skeleton, changed our theory of human evolution forever. The discovery is celebrating its 50-year anniversary, and continues to capture human imagination.