“Things have, over time, improved in our system. It’s really important to capitalize on that and, given the capacity issues ...

An international team of researchers led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig ...

Evolution is hard to model mathematically, but a new study may have found a way to do just that with some inspiration from ...

Argentinian researchers have described a Carnian theropod with features previously thought to belong only to much later ...

In amber some 99 million years old, LMU researchers have discovered the oldest known mosquito larva. The Cretaceous fossil comes from the Kachin region in Myanmar and was preserved in excellent ...

Psychological science is really our best shot at making sense of how people think, feel, and act. It’s rooted in old philosophy but runs today on experiments, observation, and data. Back in the late ...

New research reveals that scavenging may have helped early humans adapt, expand, and endure tough seasons through smart use ...

New research explores how diet, evolution, and facial anatomy may have shaped our modern smiles. Studies of ancient skulls show wider jaws and fewer malocclusions, leading researchers to explore how ...

Human evolution is a story writ slow. It’s been about 3.8 billion years since life on Earth emerged and steadily began to ...

Lead exposure may have spelled evolutionary success for humans—and extinction for our ancient cousins—but other scientists ...

The extinct animal's face structure could help explain how vertebrates, including ourselves, evolved our distinctive look.

A million-year-old skull from China, Yunxian 2, reshapes our understanding of human origins and ancient human relatives.