Recent research has unveiled an unexpected link between the ancient human exposure to lead and the evolutionary development ...

Evolutionary biologists have been investigating the evolutionarily origins of kissing by taking a broad look at behaviour in ...

One of the biggest mysteries in human evolution has just been solved. In 2010, a groundbreaking genetic analysis revealed that east Asia was once home to a previously unknown group of enigmatic ...

Ancient, fossilized teeth, uncovered during a decades-long archaeology project in northeastern Ethiopia, indicate that two different kinds of hominins, or human ancestors, lived in the same place ...

A new study of ancient dog DNA shows that people and dogs traveled together across Eurasia for at least 10,000 years.

Analyses of fossils and ancient genomics reveal how early human populations bred less wolf-like companions, and might have ...

We are indeed still evolving, though it can be hard to tell because it happens over generations and often involves things you ...

DNA samples from individuals across 2,000 years sheds light on the Etruscan origins, revealing Roman-era changes and genetic ...

From village dogs to toy poodles to mastiffs, dogs come in an astonishing array of shapes, colors and sizes. Today there are ...