Paleoanthropologist Carol Ward explains how walking upright marked a milestone in hominin history. By Dr. Tom GarlinghouseArchaeologist/Anthropologist...
Evolution
Some populations of Neanderthals were definitely more carnivorous than others. By Dr. Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist One of the...
Even genetics support the idea that Neanderthals were better sprinters than runners. By Dr. Anna GoldfieldArchaeologist If...
The bones show interbreeding Neanderthal and Denosivan humans. This article reprinted from RFE/RL. A piece of bone...
If you go by editorial cartoons and T-shirts, you might have the impression that evolution proceeds as...
Hydrogen is the first element in the periodic table and essential for life on Earth. It may...
Darwin to understand the convergence of disparate scales of geological and human history. The event now known...
The University of Melbourne’s anatomy museum features fossil models from an entirely fictional early human; a forgery...
Astonishing new research shows that fossil teeth, like trees, contain detailed records of the environments in which...
What does the discovery of Homo luzonensis mean for our understanding of humanity’s history? This week, anthropologists...
Discovered in 1925, the skull was the first fossilized archaic human found in Western Asia. Introduction Mugharet...
Using the family relationships between single-celled protists alive today, researchers hypothesized what their evolutionary ancestors looked like...
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence...
Vision is a window onto the world, its qualities determined by natural selection. Evolution has favoured the...
Humans stand out among all the mammals as being the only species to totter about on two...
A key requisite for the use and appreciation of all beads and pendants is a level of...
Study has led to a much deeper understanding of what we mean when we speak of “life”....
Grief, friendship, gratitude, wonder, and other things we animals experience. Scientific research shows that many animals are...
Hominin systematics, encompassing both taxonomy and phylogeny, has significant implications for how the evolution of species and...
DNA studies reveal that African elephants belong to a very successful and widespread family. For a long...
By 1914, paleoanthropology recognized five species of human ancestors, two sub-species, and the tangible evidence of humanity’s...