She Was Half Ape, Half Human—and She May Hold the Secret to What Makes Us Who We Are

In this 4.4-million-year-old skeleton, scientists may have found the missing step between climbing and walking.

151-million-year-old fly changes what we know about insect evolution

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows u ...

The whole story of human evolution, from ancient apes via Lucy to us, in one long read

In pursuit of knowledge, the evolution of humanity ranks with the origins of life and the universe. And yet, except when an ...
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Scientists Discover Remnants of Cataclysmically Destroyed Planet That Became Earth

A chemical "anomaly" revealed through an analysis of meteorites may have led to finding the first existing evidence of "proto ...

Rare fossil find reveals early evolution of mosquitoes

In amber some 99 million years old, LMU researchers have discovered the oldest known mosquito larva. The Cretaceous fossil comes from the Kachin region in Myanmar and was preserved in excellent ...