More than 1.2 million years ago, our ancestors Homo erectus developed the tools and intellectual capacity to survive in very ...

Are you lactose intolerant? Many people are. In fact, the ability to digest lactose may be an example of adaptive evolution in the human lineage. Although the study of natural selection in humans ...

Evolution of human traitsIcons depict cultural and biological ... And there are a half dozen distinct genetic adaptations that protect Africans against malaria (one has the significant drawback ...

A new study outlines the ways by which city life may be shaping the evolution of urban coyotes, the highly adaptable carnivores spotted in alleyways from Berkeley, Calif., to the Bronx, in New York.

While malaria is the best-understood example of an infectious disease that has driven human evolution ... can help elucidate the evolutionary adaptations that have allowed humans to withstand ...

Chemicals in the tooth enamel of Australopithecus suggest the early human ancestors ate very little meat, dining on vegetation instead.

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst for advances ...

They covered high and low terrain, in warm and cold, wet and dry—all the while, living by the ancient and enduring adaptation of hunting and gathering. Historically, studies in human evolution ...

The Secrets of Fossil Teeth Revealed by the Synchrotron: A Long Childhood Is the Prelude to the Evolution of a Large Brain Nov. 13, 2024 — Could social bonds be the key to human big brains?

Lucy, an early human ancestor, could run upright but much slower than modern humans. New simulations show that muscle and ...

Three-million-year-old tools found in Kenya reveal early humans' ability to cut food, butcher meat, and adapt to new diets.

A recent study involving Central European University (CEU) is paving the way for a new field of research that merges ...