A mystery that started with the discovery of a pinkie finger bone in Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains of southern Siberia may finally have been cracked.
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1.5 million-year-old Homo erectus face was just reconstructed — and its mix of old and new traits is complicating the picture of human evolution
Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But ...
A major evolutionary theory says most genetic changes don’t really matter, but new evidence suggests that’s not true. Researchers found that helpful mutations happen surprisingly often. The twist is ...
Why did humans evolve the eyes we have today? While scientists can't go back in time to study the environmental pressures ...
Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...
The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...
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Q&A: Climate shifts drove carnivores' evolution from mongoose-like ancestors to diverse forms
The ancestors of our furry cats and dogs once looked similar to today's modern mongoose, a mammal with a long body and small, ...
Researchers find Apennine brown bears evolved into a smaller, less aggressive animal after centuries of coexistence with ...
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