For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to ...

Research at CCMB in Hyderabad reveals genetic links between diet quality and brain size evolution in primates.

Discover how ancient humans scaled up their food production to survive in harsh environments.

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

A team of archaeologists has announced a major finding relating to the Neanderthals. They announced the finding in the ...

Neanderthals had a taste for fat, and they worked hard to get it. Long before humans built cities or invented writing, these ...

Scientists in Chicago are mapping some fascinating evolutionary changes to local rodents — and how humans may have ...

Researchers in China unveil the oldest complex wooden technology, pushing back the timeline for sophisticated tool use.

Molecules from the 20-million-year-old teeth of a rhino relative are among the oldest ever sequenced, opening tantalizing ...

Urban wildlife is evolving right under our noses — and scientists have the skulls to prove it. By examining over a century’s ...

Nord, Germany, systematically transported and processed the bones of at least 172 large mammals to extract nutrient-rich ...