ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATECompetition affects human evolution, according to a new study. Continue reading to learn more. Human Evolution Is Not Only Driven By Climate Change, Competition Plays a Part Too [Study] (Photo : Wikimedia Commons/Stadtpflaenzchen) Several factors affect human evolution.
Recent research suggests that menopause in whales may offer an evolutionary advantage, potentially paralleling benefits observed in human females. Read the article for more details.
The Piltdown Man may actually be a woman. Read to learn more. The Piltdown Man was one of the 20th century's greatest scientific hoaxes. But now, a recent reconstruction shows that The Piltdown Man, which was believed to be the human evolution missing link, may have actually been a woman.
The new study shows changes in Paleolithic hunting weapons correlated with shrinking prey size, leading to cognitive and cultural adaptations. Read the article for more details.
The team found several stone tools and animal remains of extinct rhino, deer, hippo, macaque, and elephant species at the 700,00o-year-old prehistoric site in Greece. Read to learn more.
Read on to know how the teeth of ancient lemurs uncovered surprising hints about human evolution. Several studies show that the teeth from an extinct monkey species can provide information on the ages of human ancestor fossils.
A new study suggests that the Black Death that ravaged Europe centuries ago shaped human evolution via DNA mutations. Know how this research can be meaningful to mankind. Read here now!
New research reveals that the Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipeds seven million years ago. Continue reading to know if the scientific community accepts this study.
The leg and arm fossils found in Africa may have been owned by Hominins, the earliest known human ancestors. Read to know more about this fossil discovery.
An anthropologist claims Homo floresiensis, species extinct around 50,000 years ago still exists and roams an Indonesian island. Learn more about it here.
A study of tooth wear in wild Japanese macaques is shown significant links with the survey of human evolution. See how researchers describe cultural changes.
More than two million years have passed since the first-ever emergence of humans and scientists have believed that our face has remained to transform and it will keep on transforming.
A new study claims that half of the ancestry in Great Britain were replaced and mixed by lineage hailing from France 3,000 years ago during the bronze age.
A new ancient human species called Homo Bodoenis has been discovered recently in Africa and now, researchers are hoping this new find will bring some clarity to this period, during which the evolution of humans is poorly understood.
When fingers or toes are soaked underwater, they prune up fast, creating wrinkles that seem to have no use for humans. But experts say this is another example of the brilliance of evolution.
The origin, dispersal, and interbreeding of Neanderthals and Denisovans have recently been confirmed by a research team through a blood group analysis.
Science is an ongoing process, which means new discoveries often upend old theories. Here are some science "facts" you may have learned in school that aren't true.
Lethal attacks by groups of chimpanzees on gorillas have been observed for the first time in the Loango National Park, Gabon. Researchers are investigating what triggered the fight between the two great ape species that killed some of the gorillas.