Fossils from Germany’s Miocene era reveal Danuvius guggenmosi, an ape that walked upright 12 million years ago. With long ...

Humans developed large brains and flatter faces at an exceptionally quick rate compared to other apes, according to new research from UCL scientists. The study suggests that these rapid changes may ...

A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.

A research team led by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, conducted ...

In many bird species, it’s the males who live longer. The researchers found support for this idea: in 72% of mammal species, females outlived males by about 12%. Meanwhile, in 68% of bird species, ...

For decades, Paranthropus robustus has intrigued scientists as a powerful, big-jawed cousin of early humans. Now, thanks to ancient protein analysis, researchers have cracked open new secrets hidden ...

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We now have only the second high-quality genome from an ancient Denisovan human, which reveals there were more populations of ...

The role of megafaunal exploitation in early human evolution remains debated. Occasional use of large carcasses by early hominins has been considered by some as opportunistic, possibly a fallback ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical ...

Fossil evidence from Ethiopia has rewritten human history, showing Australopithecus lived one million years earlier than ...

For more than 50 years, since the discovery of the skull of Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its extremely powerful jaws and massive teeth, ...