The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

In 1958, a seemingly insignificant discovery made by farmers in the Guangdong province of southern China would soon challenge centuries of human evolutionary theory. While collecting bat guano for ...

Butterflies before flowers? 236-million-year-old fossil poop holds the answer Fossilized poop from 236 million years ago may contain the oldest-known butterfly evidence ever found. Updated: Jun 10 ...

In the realm of evolutionary biology, certain discoveries stand as watershed moments that fundamentally reshape our understanding of human origins. Among these, the discovery of a particular gorilla ...

Primates have evolved over 65 million years, from early ancestors to over 300 species today—including us. This is the incredible story of our ancient origins.

Homo naledi, discovered in South Africa’s Rising Star Cave system in 2013, challenged the conventional timeline of human evolution. With an unexpected blend of primitive and modern anatomical features ...

These fossils, they say, belong to a distinct group with its own role in the human family tree. Timeline and morphological groupings considered by Christopher Bae and coworkers (2023).

It could also help bridge a gap in evolutionary space between the oldest known human ancestor fossils found in Europe — which are roughly 1.8 million years old and were discovered at a site in ...

They discovered that synovial joints — lubricated, cavitated structures found in most vertebrates — first appeared in jawed fish ancestors. Fossil evidence further supports this timeline, with the ...

HEFEI -- Chinese scientists have discovered dozens of human fossils dating back 300,000 years, which are the earliest ones found in East Asia in terms of the evolution process towards Homo sapiens ...