In life, the creature probably resembled a chimpanzee more than anything else. It moved through a lakeside landscape of grasslands and forest searching for food, accompanied by small bands of its ...

Foreword / J. Francis Thackeray -- 1. African genesis : an evolving paradigm / Sally C. Reynolds ; 2. Academic genealogy / Peter S. Ungar and Phillip V. Tobias -- pt. 1. In search of origins : ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical ...

Evolutionary developmental biology: where embryos and fossils meet -- Shape and stage in heterochronic models -- Multivariate approaches to development and evolution -- Are some heterochronic ...

Our ancestors' teeth tell an astonishing story of survival and adaptation. A recent study reveals how their diet influenced the evolution of their dentition. Around 3.8 million years ago, hominids ...

Genomes are key to unlocking life's evolutionary history. The presence and absence of certain genetic sequences and mutations ...