A 1.6-million-year-old Ethiopian skull blends ancestor and descendant features, rewriting the origin story of Homo erectus.
Researchers have used CRISPR to switch back on a gene that vanished from the human lineage roughly 20 million years ago, reviving a natural defense against excess uric acid that our ancestors once ...
A newly reconstructed fossil face from Ethiopia reveals surprising complexity in early human evolution. By digitally fitting together teeth and fossilized bone fragments, researchers reconstructed a ...
Some people believe we know everything about such thing as our body, since we study biology at school, read books, and watch ...
The development of artificial grafts that may recapitulate the tissue microarchitecture is one of the most ambitious and complex approaches to understanding molecular mechanisms in an in vitro ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyze the morphology of bones—which is crucial for ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones - which is crucial for ...
When studying how fossil hominids moved, researchers usually analyse the morphology of bones — which is crucial for ...
After decades of excavation and debate, a new analysis argues that Little Foot — one of the most complete hominin fossils ...
Virtual reassembly of teeth and fossil bone fragments reveals a beautifully preserved face of a 1.5-million-year-old human ...
Scientists remain divided over whether the human Y chromosome will eventually vanish. But clinicians say the real concern ...
With a rate of mutation 35 percent higher than random chance, this previously unknown weakness could be a major vector for ...