If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

A fossil ape discovered in northern Egypt is reshaping the story of human evolution. The species, Masripithecus, lived about 17 to 18 million years ago and may sit very close to the ancestor of all ...

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Many people today simply assume that our evolution has quietly ended with the development of the modern human. It's easy to think that medicine, science, and modern living have made us "perfect" or ...

Could a newly discovered fossil in Egypt fundamentally change everything scientists currently know about human evolution?

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American On April 12 at the annual meeting of the ...

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Genetic information from the "Dragon Man" skull has linked the fossil, found in China, to the Denisovans. - Hebei GEO University Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60 ...