A KAUST-led team has developed the AI tool Unify to help scientists compare similar cell types across distant species. This comparison can help researchers assess which findings from animal studies ...

Comparison with the forces exerted by a modern human foot (bottom right) showed that the Laetoli prints were made by ...

Half of our genome is made of transposons — snips of DNA that can move and copy themselves. But they’re more than parasites ...

Exclusive: Research and invention agency hopes to harness ‘powers of biotechnology’ for purpose of conservation ...

At the Jardin des Plantes, the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution brings together about 7,000 specimens and showcases the diversity of life, from oceans to terrestrial habitats. The building unfurls across ...

Successful matings between anatomically modern humans migrating from Africa, Neanderthals, Denisovans and “ghost lineages” all contributed to the contemporary human genome.

The scientists made their initial discovery by analyzing the way mouse brains developed from the very early embryonic stage ...

New research from paleoanthropologists at the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Southern California has provided valuable insights into ...

New research on the limb bones of the famous Little Foot skeleton from the Wits Sterkfontein Caves suggests that a major ...

IntroductionWhen you hear the word "evolution," what comes to mind?Is it "becoming something better than before"?Or perhaps you imagine humans gradually changing from ape-like ancestors.There is also ...

Sep. 17, 2026What if the “ghosts” in our DNA are not lost steps in human evolution? A new Science study found DNA patterns that may point to two unknown human groups. Conventi ...

Bipedalism, or walking on two legs, is one of the key features that distinguishes humans from other apes. But when and why our ancestors transitioned from a life often spent in trees to a life spent a ...