South Africa has one of the world's richest fossil records of hominins (humans and their fossil ancestors). But many ...

Scientists studied rare butterfly fossils and collected DNA from nearly 2,300 species to create the ultimate tree of life and learn where butterflies originated when they first appeared on Earth ...

Scientists studied rare butterfly fossils and collected DNA from nearly 2,300 species to create the ultimate tree of life and learn where butterflies originated when they first appeared on Earth ...

By physically engineering their environments, megafauna such as dinosaurs curbed fruit seed sizes—a role that now may be filled by humans ...

Learners understood human evolution better after interactive workshops at a museum. Fun with fossils: South African kids learn a whole lot more about human evolution from museum workshops Home ...