They open up the possibility of an evolutionary link with the oldest known Homo sapiens fossils – those from Jebel Irhoud in Morocco, dated to around 315,000 years ago. These discoveries help clarify ...

ARUSHA: FOR many years, we have been trying to solve a big question about the origin of man and the secrets behind creation ...

Rhythm is everywhere. Even if you don't think you have it — it's fundamental to humans' biological systems. Our heartbeat is rhythmic. Speech is rhythmic. Even as newborn babies, humans can track ...

When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...

A newly identified tiny dinosaur, Foskeia pelendonum, is shaking up long-held ideas about how plant-eating dinosaurs evolved. Though fully grown adults were remarkably small and lightweight, their ...