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Images released ahead of a new BBC science series depict Homo floresiensis, Homo erectus, Homo neanderthalensis plus the ...
A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.
The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.
Similarly, ecosystems of cities are shaped by local cultural practices. Because all wildlife are connected to the environment, cultural practices that alter the landscape shape the evolution of urban ...
In the study, "An empirically-based scenario for the evolution of cultural transmission in the human lineage during the last 3.3 million years," published in PLOS One, researchers compiled a cross ...
Despite rapid advances in sequencing and bioinformatics, translating microbiome science into clinical practice presents significant challenges, including the lack of standardized protocols ...
Studying human evolution involves piecing together scattered clues about how we survived against tough odds. One of the biggest mysteries is understanding how large or small ancient human populations ...
The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.
Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on new mutations and exchange of DNA between chromosomes during the generation of sex cells, in a process called recombination. Recombination manifests ...
TV for Real: Evvie Jagoda Charts TV (and Human) Evolution Welcome to TV For Real, the RHAP podcast where scripted and reality television collide.
You’ve seen it before. The chart of an ape walking on all fours, shedding its hair, standing upright, grabbing a spear and growing taller to become a modern human. This diagram called ‘The March of ...