Proteins degrade over time, making their history hard to study. But new research has uncovered ancient proteins in the enamel ...

Dogs have lived with Indigenous Americans since before they came to the continent together 10,000 years ago. A new analysis ...

Analysis - South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many misconceptions still exist regarding human evolution, and school ...

Plants produce a wide diversity of compounds. Broadly, these are separated into primary metabolites, which are necessary for ...

An analysis of mpox virus genomes from individuals infected between 2018 and 2023 has provided insights into how the virus ...

Molecular sleuthing has tied the more‑than‑146,000‑year‑old Harbin cranium, known as "Dragon Man," to this hidden branch of humanity.

Imagine tracing your family tree not just to distant ancestors, but to creatures that once swam in primordial seas and hopped along muddy riverbanks. The connection is more than poetic—it’s written in ...

Environment Animals Wildlife This extinct tree-dwelling mammal may be among humans’ closer relatives Mixodectes pungens lived only a few million years after the dinosaurs went extinct. By Laura ...

Human-driven extinctions have erased significant bird species and functional diversity, erasing 3 billion years of evolution and severely impacting ecosystem health, emphasizing the need for urgent ...

The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has led to substantial reductions in avian functional diversity – a measure of the range of different ...

The true global impact of species-loss caused by humans is far greater than expected – new study The extinction of hundreds of bird species caused by humans over the last 130,000 years has has led to ...