18+ hour, 12+ min ago   (668+ words) Homosexual behaviour in primates has a deep evolutionary basis and is more likely to occur in species that live in harsh environments, are hunted by predators, or live in more complex societies, scientists said Monday. Males or females of the…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (771+ words) Ancient bones discovered in a cave in Casablanca, Morocco, could fill in some of the blanks about human evolution. The cave, known as Grotte " Hominid's, contains assemblages of jawbones, teeth, and vertebrae dating back to 773,000 years ago " a period close…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (919+ words) The oldest fossilised remains of complex animals appear suddenly in the fossil record, and as if from nowhere, in rocks that are 538 million years old. The very oldest of these are simple fossilised marks (called Treptichnus) made by something worm-like…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (678+ words) In an ancient rock shelter in the heart of Malawi, archaeologists have found the world's oldest evidence of a funeral pyre for an adult. The charred remains, 9,500 years old, reveal that the deceased was a woman aged between 18 and 60 years…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (431+ words) The world's oldest known botanical art, from the Halafian culture of northern Mesopotamia around 6000 BCE, hides fascinating cultural shifts in its seemingly simple motifs, a new study reveals. The decorated pottery marks an early appreciation of the artistic value of…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (625+ words) Sticking with a long-term life partner to rear children has long been considered a dominant mating pattern for our species, although reproductive monogamy is not universal across our many cultures and subcultures. Now, a new study by Cambridge evolutionary anthropologist…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (612+ words) High in the Ecuadorian Andes, at altitudes thousands of meters above sea level, humans face environmental pressures very different from those at lower altitudes. The human body can acclimatize, physiologically, to the lower levels of oxygen in the air at…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (481+ words) The first humans arrived upon the landmass now known as Australia around 60,000 years ago along two distinct routes, according to a new genomics study. The question of when humans first arrived on the continent is contentious among archaeologists. Some cite…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (554+ words) Traces of a previously unknown group of people, genetically distinct from their neighbors, have persisted for at least 8,000 years in the central Southern Cone of South America, and Argentina in particular. It's believed to be among the last places humans…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (820+ words) Many people believe that we humans have conquered nature through the wonders of civilization and technology. Some also believe that because we are different from other creatures, we have complete control over our destiny and have no need to evolve....