Human flexibility in shoulders and elbows originated from ancient apes' need for safe tree descent. A new study reveals ...

Supraordinal relationships of primates and their time of origin -- A molecular classification for the living orders of placental mammals and the phylogenetic placement of primates / MS Springer, WJ ...

Ancient ankle bones of Ardipithecus ramidus reveal how early humans combined climbing and upright walking, reshaping the ...

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows u ...

Evolved macroscopic "snowflake" yeast from the MuLTEE experiment. The large size of the nuclei (yellow) and cells (cyan) are results of whole-genome duplication and aneuploidy. Sometimes, the most ...

When we think of lead poisoning, most of us imagine modern human-made pollution, paint, old pipes, or exhaust fumes.

Researchers at University of Tsukuba comprehensively profiled the growth of six bacterial species across 195 culture media. They discovered that growth patterns correspond to both evolutionary ...

Penguins and polar bears do not share icy landscapes. Penguins evolved in the Southern Hemisphere, adapting to cold waters ...

Welcome to the Age of Adaptation, when a growing number of people are coming to realize that the Big, Bad Climate Wolf isn’t going away — and is only getting stronger. As the children’s story warns, ...