A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent.

An archive of works by the scientist Charles Darwin has been recognised by the United Nations for its importance to global ...

Have you ever looked into the mirror and wondered just how deeply your roots stretch back in the tree of life? It might ...

HE spent his formative years studying at the University of Edinburgh before publishing his ground-breaking work which changed the accepted wisdom about how species evolved. Now, the full personal ...

Documentary heritage relating to the life and work of Charles Darwin has been recognised on the prestigious UNESCO International Memory of the World Register, highlighting its critical importance to ...

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Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Understanding human evolution often involves looking closely at our DNA. Yet obtaining ancient DNA from fossils older than 300,000 years—especially from Africa—is incredibly challenging.

What followed was a cascade of environmental and biological changes that may have shaped the course of human evolution. This period, called the Laschamps excursion, lasted around 2,000 years.

After more than two decades of work, researchers have achieved a genetics milestone: they have successfully sequenced the complete genomes of six ape species, a feat that seemed impossible just a ...