Properly deciphering the branching pathways of evolution could unlock the history of every component of natural biology.

Four billion years ago, Earth was violent, hot, and unstable. Yet new research suggests that by then, life had already ...

Researchers investigate into the various lineages of Asgard archae, and determine one related to Hods as the ancestor of ...

Recent fossil finds could mean that "Lucy" wasn't our direct ancestor, some scientists say. Others strongly disagree.

All life on Earth comes from one single ancestor. And it's so much older than we thought. All life on Earth can be traced ...

Revolutionary fossil evidence from Ethiopia is challenging decades of scientific consensus about human origins. New discoveries suggest that the famous Lucy fossil, long considered a direct ancestor ...

Twins are pretty rare, accounting for just 3% of births in the US these days. But new research shows that for primates 60 ...

The study reveals how Balanophora plants function despite abandoning photosynthesis and, in some species, sexual reproduction ...

The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by ...

Here are 10 major findings about human ancestors and our close ancient relatives that scientists announced in 2025. A handful of teeth found at the Ledi-Geraru site in Ethiopia suggest that diverse ...

Balanophora is a plant that abandoned photosynthesis long ago and now lives entirely as a parasite on tree roots, hidden in ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the Burtele foot, a set of 3.4 million-year-old bones found in Ethiopia in 2009. The fossils, along with others unearthed more recently, have now been ...