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 ...

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.

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.

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

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 ...

Early Apes to “Hominization” (35 to 8 Million Years Ago) The story of human evolution usually starts at the point our distant ancestors began to separate from the apes, whose own ancestors are ...

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 ...

Meet your ancient relatives, trace the origins and evolution of our species, and explore what makes us human. Embark on a seven-million-year journey, from the first hominins to the last surviving ...