The Burtele Foot showed that this species was bipedal but still had an opposable big toe, a feature useful for tree climbing ...

A sculptor's rendering of the hominid Australopithecus afarensis is displayed as part of an exhibition that includes the 3.2 ...

Chimpanzees naturally ingest surprising amounts of alcohol from ripe, fermenting fruit. Careful measurements show that their typical fruit diet can equal one to two human drinks each day. This ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

Scientists linked a mystery fossil foot to a tree-climbing human ancestor that likely lived alongside Lucy's species 3.4 ...

Holiday volunteering strengthens community bonds and purpose, from food banks and senior meal delivery to trail work and ...

A major milestone has been reached, with experts across Europe, including those at the Wellcome Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, sequencing 1,000 species of butterflies and moths. This includes ...

The fossils themselves are modest in appearance. A juvenile lower jaw packed with baby and emerging adult teeth, several ...

Scientists have finally cracked the mystery wrapped around 3.4 million-year-old fossils called the “Burtele Foot” which was ...

How far back in evolutionary history does kissing go? Through phylogenetic analysis, an international team of scientists ...