Chimpanzees are humans' closest living relatives, sharing more than 98% of our DNA. They are endangered, with fewer than ...

Goss’s wilt and leaf blight is caused by clavibacter nebraskensis, a bacterium named after Nebraska, where the disease was ...

“Out of Africa” has some plausible ideas, namely that Homo erectus advanced and went into colder climates and became Homo heidelbergensis, which led linearly to modern humanity. However, that requires ...

Animals can learn from each other, maintaining their cultures for long periods of time. What sets people apart may be the ...

Scientists discovered humans descended from two ancient populations, not one. These groups split 1.5 million years ago.

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.

Learn about the new proposal for the origins of modern humans, suggesting that our species is a genetic combination of two ...

Piecing together the story of Europe’s earliest settlers is a challenge, largely because relevant human fossils are scarce. On March 12, researchers announced the discovery of a new fossil from the ...

This path, near the Dja river in the south region of Cameroon, lay next to the small village of Bemba. The village folk, Baka ...

Modern humans descended from not one, but at least two ancestral populations that drifted apart and later reconnected, long before modern humans spread across the globe.