Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

Researchers have extracted ancient proteins from australopithecine fossils and determined whether they were male or female — a first for human evolution studies.

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the ...

For the first time, scientists have completed an in-depth analysis of fossilized soft tissues from a plesiosaur ...

The international scientific community rebuffed this hypothesis. They were looking outside Africa for human origins and ...

There is increasing evidence to suggest that symbolic and abstract thought may have deep evolutionary roots and was not exclusive to modern humans.

Researchers have analyzed the soft tissue from a fossilized plesiosaur for the first time. The results show that the long-necked marine reptile had both smooth and scaly skin. This was likely so it ...

A paleontologist journeys through Indonesia’s Riau Archipelago in search of our earliest ancestors, and uncovers how ...