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 ...

a new study from the University of Cambridge has unveiled a strikingly unconventional pattern in human evolution. Researchers found that the rate of emergence of new species in our lineage is ...

17, 2024 — Competition between species played a major role in the rise and fall of hominins -- and produced a 'bizarre' evolutionary pattern for the Homo lineage -- according to a new study that ...

Our Human Evolution gallery explores the origins of Homo sapiens, tracing our lineage since it split from that of our closest living relatives, the chimpanzee and the bonobo. Gallery developer Jenny ...

However, once a lineage becomes fixed for a derived trait ... Thus, in the eyes of evolution, a human and a bacterium are equally derived. Although one of these organisms is certainly more ...

It’s been 100 years since Australopithecus africanus was first described in the journal Nature, suggesting that the African continent had been the birthplace of humanity. Host Carolyn Beeler speaks ...

Researchers say they have identified a new species of ancient hominin, Homo juluensis, that could help solve another big mystery of human evolution. Their proposal is sparking debate in the scientific ...

"Meat likely played a significant role in the expansion of cranial capacity - larger brain development - during human evolution ... in the human evolutionary lineage, collectively called hominins.

The incorporation of meat into the diet was a milestone for the human evolutionary lineage, a potential catalyst ... brain development - during human evolution. Animal resources provide a highly ...