A long-standing question about when archaic members of the genus Homo adapted to harsh environments such as deserts and rainforests has been answered in a new research paper.

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

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

The study sheds light on the evolutionary adaptations that allow snow leopards to thrive in one of the world's most ...

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.

Researchers have unveiled the face of a long-lost human ancestor, the Denisovans, using the famed Harbin skull—an ...

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

A groundbreaking study has unveiled how Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium often found in humans, evolves and survives, ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to ...

The most detailed study to date on the mechanisms by which a common type of bacterium, Staphylococcus aureus, adapts to ...