The story of Indigenous peoples in the Americas is woven through their DNA, and scientists are beginning to trace its threads in new ways.

Gazing at the Changing Nature of the Garden of Eden

The Middle Miocene site of Ramnagar (Jammu and Kashmir), India is well-known for its fossil primates including Sivapithecus indicus, Kapi ramnagarensis, and Ramadapis sahnii. Although always suggested...

Researchers can study volcanic deposits at archaeological sites to piece together how ancient people responded to catastrophic events.

Hominin fossils from the Ledi-Geraru Research Project area, Ethiopia, suggest that early Homo and Australopithecus species co-existed in the region more than 2.5 million years ago.

A leading authority on cultural evolution, Robert Boyd, a professor in Arizona State University’s School of Human Evolution and Social Change and a research scientist with the Institute of Human Origi...

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Our early human ancestor was capable of running, if slowly, a new study finds.